KDE and sarge (dcopserver?)

[Damien <Damien@cetic.be>]

Hi all,

I have installed Debian sarge on a 712 workstation (2.4.22 kernel if I remember 
correctly). After a recent upgrade, I have found that KDE apps do not work 
properly. KDE is not essential on such workstation (well not fast at least), but 
I would like to be able to to test it.

I seems that KDE upgraded to version 3. I suspect the dcopserver is the cause 
(or a symptom): if I try to start it manually, it get:


~# dcopserver
ICE Connection rejected!
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Authentication Rejected, reason : None 
of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based 
authentication failed

ICE Connection rejected!

DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Authentication Rejected, reason : None 
of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based 
authentication failed
DCOPServer self-test failed.
~#


I do not know the internal of this system. I have checked that iceauth works:

iceauth> info
Authority file:       /root/.ICEauthority
File new:             no
File locked:          yes
Number of entries:    2
Changes honored:      yes
Changes made:         no
Current input:        (stdin):5
iceauth>


And I also checked permissions on the /tmp directory:

~# ls -la /tmp
total 32
drwxrwxrwt    6 root     root         4096 2004-01-07 17:48 .
drwxr-xr-x   21 root     root         4096 2003-11-26 17:19 ..
drwx------    3 root     root         4096 2004-01-07 17:41 0518411546
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root         4096 2004-01-07 17:48 .ICE-unix
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root         4096 2004-01-07 17:40 .sockets
-r--r--r--    1 root     root           11 2004-01-07 17:40 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root         4096 2004-01-07 17:40 .X11-unix
-r--r--r--    1 root     root           11 2004-01-07 17:40 .X64-lock
~#


Any hint? Do I have to upgrade to sid?

Thanks

--
Damien