Re: Kdeinit fails to start; hangs KDE

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

John O'Hagan wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I'm using testing, upgraded regularly but still on KDE 3.3.2 because of 
> dependency issues. As of yesterday, the KDE startup screen hangs, accompanied 
> by a small box in the upper right corner saying (IIRC): "Could not launch 
> kdeinit. Check your installation".
>
> Pressing OK on this box allows KDE to start normally except for the absence of 
> the klaptop power monitor (and maybe other things I haven't found yet).
>
> An instance of kdeinit is actually running, owned by my normal user.
>
> Should there be another instance for root?
>
> Where should I look for the cause of this minor annoyance?

Check out this thread on debian-user:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/02/msg02096.html
You may be experiencing the same problem. (And maybe the same solution
will work for you...)

Regards,
           Florian