apt-get dist-upgrade

Christopher Cole [freedomfixer at hotmail.com]

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:04:59 +0000

Hi there,

I'm looking for info on how to fix my login after performing dist-upgrade. I'm running Deb. Etch. I can sign on a root via term.

However I get errors like...

Could not open Network Socket, make sure dcopserver is running. And this one....

Could not start kstartupconfig. check your installation. When signing onto my user account.

I opened Kuser and crated a new login and that works. But I'd like to fix my old one.

Thanks, Christopher Cole

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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]

Sun, 4 Nov 2007 08:40:20 -0500

On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:04:59PM +0000, Christopher Cole wrote:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm looking for info on how to fix my login after performing dist-upgrade.
> I'm running Deb. Etch. I can sign on a root via term. 
> 
> However I get errors like...
> 
> Could not open Network Socket, make sure dcopserver is running. And this one....
> 
> Could not start kstartupconfig. check your installation. When signing onto my user account.

It sounds like something in KDE broke when you updated it - or you may be trying to run something (maybe in your .bash_profile?) that worked with the old KDE version but fails with the new one. Hard to say, without a whole lot more info.

> I opened Kuser and crated a new login and that works. But I'd like to fix my old one.

I'm not sure of what you mean here. If creating a new account works, then just remove the old one (make sure you don't delete your home directory, of course) and recreate it. Based on your description, that should fix the problem.

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

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Chris Bannister [mockingbird at earthlight.co.nz]

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 04:55:25 -0500

On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:04:59PM +0000, Christopher Cole wrote:

> 
> Hi there,

Hi Chris,

> I'm looking for info on how to fix my login after performing dist-upgrade.

How did you "perform" the dist-upgrade?

> I'm running Deb. Etch. I can sign on a root via term.

via an xterm?

> However I get errors like...
> 
> Could not open Network Socket, make sure dcopserver is running. And this one....

Could you please give the commands you typed and the errors which were returned for each command. It is difficult to know where the problem is if the exact error is not known.

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Chris.
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