KDE refuses to start, part 2

[ken at kg293.net (Ken Gosier)]

Just to follow up: I do get a .xsession-errors file, with zero size. For
logs, I've looked in /var/log/messages, but must confess I don't know what
other logs I should check. :-(

btw, the meeting announcement says 6:30pm for general Q&A. Would it be
cool if I brought this laptop to show people?



Derek Martin said:
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> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:23:47PM -0500, Ken Gosier wrote:
>> As an addendum, I found a bit about this on kde's web site:
>>
>> http://www.kde.org/info/faq.html
>
> I can't say this isn't your problem, but especially since the update
> didn't fix it, I doubt it.  There could be dozens of reasons why
> you're having your problem.
>
> Look in your logs for anything suspicious.  Look in ~/.xsession-errors
> if that file exists, for anything out of place.  Chances are, this is
> caused by some permissions problem, a full filesystem, a stale lock
> file, or any number of other things.
>
> This is one reason (of many) why I prefer X apps (i.e. older, Xt/Xaw
> ones) to newer gnome and KDE apps.  They tend to produce much better and
> useful error messages when something goes wrong, providing you the
> possibility of actually fixing the problem.  But DTEs are all about
> being sexy, and error messages aren't sexy.
>
> Faster.  More flexible.  More configurable.  20 years old.
> No one can beat xterm.  No one.
>
> THAT's sexy.
>
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> Derek D. Martin
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