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i sent this msg yesterday and got no replies, but
i managed to fix the sound problem. it still crashes so i was wrong i guess....
i'm still getting that mysterious error message in
my xsession-errors files:
Could not read '/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt
does anyone know what that is??? please help.
thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: add|ct|on
To: Debian-user
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 1:47 PM
Subject: KDE's untimely death >i am having a strange problem with kde...
whenever it runs, and i try to open a >program, it crashes, I.E. xdm (or kdm,
to more precise) stops and x exits. i went >through a lot of analysis and i
came to the odd conclusion by trial and error that, >if i log into it with
users which don't have sound priveleges, it doesn't die. spotting >this
strangeness for what it was, i looked in my xsession errors files for the users
>with which kde stopped running - lo and behold, errors! and here it
is:
>stretchPixmap 24x4 to 24x128 >Could not read '/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt' >kpanel: waiting for windowmanager >kaudioserver: Catching fatal X IO Error. Cleaning up. (ignore this part, i fixed
it)
>ok so, then i logged in as one of my users
without sound priveleges again, and in >the console as root i did a ps x...
kaudioserver does not run. it used to run in the >background if i'm not
mistaken (if i am please correct me, but on my system >anyhow it was running
all the time during kde sessions).
>i'm new to kde and i have no clue as to a) what
happened to my kaudioserver, b) >what the heck is that "Could not read
'/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt'" nonsense??, >or c) how to even begin to fix
any of this without uninstalling it all and starting over
>again.
>if anyone can help, or even give me some clues
as to what to look for and where, >i'd be most appreciative.
thanks.
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