Perplexing Problems

[~zoey~]

Kanotix live cd connects to the internet with no problem. KDE log in
also works.

Once Kanotix is installed to the hard drive, attempting to log in to KDE
brings the message; There was an error setting up communications for
KDE. Could not read connection list ~/.DCOPserver_debian/linux_0.
Please check that the "decopserver" program is running.

Typing

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.100 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask
255.255.255.0
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.254 eth0
hostname localhost.localdomain

into a terminal allows a KDE login and then running netcardconfig gets
me online, but the whole thing happens all over again on reboot.

I tried adding the above information to the /etc/network/interfaces
file but that didn't solve the problem.

IceWM works from the get-go once I run netcardconfig and it is still
online after a reboot, however if I do the whole /sbin/ifconfig
routine to get into KDE, then iceWM is off line again until I rerun
netcardconfig.

There is also a problem with xlib in the terminal. In both KDE and
iceWM I get the message 'xlib:connection to:0.0 refused by server'.
I have tried;

margo@debian/linux:~$ xhost +localhost
localhost being added to access control list
margo@debian/linux:~$ su
Password
root@debian/linux:/home/margo# set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0

which was supposed to be a permanent fix, but it didn't work.

I can get around it by typing as $ xhost + every time that I open a
terminal.

I think that there must be a solution to these problems but I have checked forums, linux how tos and googled like mad, and I can't find it!

Thanks, zoey

[bpark]

Kanotix live cd connects to the internet with no problem. KDE log in
also works.

OK?

Once Kanotix is installed to the hard drive, attempting to log in to KDE
brings the message; There was an error setting up communications for
KDE. Could not read connection list ~/.DCOPserver_debian/linux_0.
Please check that the "decopserver" program is running.

Typing

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.100 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask
255.255.255.0
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.254 eth0
hostname localhost.localdomain

into a terminal allows a KDE login and then running netcardconfig gets
me online, but the whole thing happens all over again on reboot.

I tried adding the above information to the /etc/network/interfaces
file but that didn't solve the problem.

Are you trying to add exactly what you typed in to this file?

If you can just sum up exactly what's going on here, that be helpful? From what I can make out, it looks like you are not able to login graphically. I'm not understanding why you needed to configure the NIC for X to run appropriately.

[~zoey~]

I am able to log into iceWM without typing in the /sbin/ifconfig info each time, but not into kde.

I have discovered that the file ~/.DCOPserver_debian/linux_0 is not created when kanotix is installed to the hard drive, but there is a matching file in the kanotix live cd.

I have tried creating that file with the /sbin/ifconfig information added [just the information without the commands], but that didn't work. Maybe it needed to be linked, but I haven't a clue as to how to do that.

I don't know if the login problem and the xlib problem are related or not, but I think that they might be.

Thanks, zoey