KDE or Xsystem startup error??

[jwf]

Hi Folks

I started my system this morning and the logon gui screen failed to show. I did get a command level logon screen. I logged on and tried starting KDE.
This is the error I received:

jim@linux:~> kde
xset:    unable to open display ""
xset:    unable to open display ""
xset:    unable to open display ""
xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
xset:    unable to open display ""
xset:    unable to open display ""
ksplash: error while loading shared libraries: LIBDCOP.so.4: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
kdeinit: error while loading shared libraries: LIBDCOP.so.4: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
Error: Can't open display:
Warning: connect() failed: No such file or directory
ksmserver: error while loading shared libraries: LIBDCOP.so.4: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
start kde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
starkde: Running shutdown scripts
kde-config: error while loading shared libraries: LIBDCOP.so.4: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
startkde: Done 
jim@linux:~> 

Any ideas how I may recover from this error?

Thank you.


EDIT:

Saw a previous post that suggested I start the gui using the 'startx' command. I did that end the error stated that the kde could not start, check your installation.

[jwf]

Found the SAX2 video setup procedure. Ran it, configured the Video card again. That worked ok, But still the StartX still fails.
I have attached the XFree86.0.log. as a text file. In there it mentions the same Library (LIBDCOP) that cannot be accessed. I tried to see if it existed and it does, but the message I get when I try to do an "ls" of that directory is that 'access is denied'.
The log suggests that there may be an access or ownership problem with that directory.

Can someone look at the log and see if there is anything obvious that I can do to remedy this error?

Thanks.

[gogalthorp]

Looks all right. the warnings about the font directories seems to be normal. Don't know why Suse does that seems a bit sloppy to me.

Do You have a 3D accelerator driver installed?? If so the problem may be there try reinstalling it then run sax2 again.

[jwf]

gogalthorp,
Thank you for responding. As far as I know I do not have a 3D accelerator card installed. I've run sax2 a couple of times and the 'test' gui looks fine so I believe the display drivers are correct. I just have a nVidia card.
The line(s) in the log file I'm concerned about is:

kdeinit:  error while loading shared libraries: libDCOP.so.4: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory.

If I do a locate, I get this library returned:

jim@linux:~> locate libDCOP.so.4
 /opt/kde3/lib/libDCOP.so.4.2.0

So from this, the error message is reporting correctly. kdeinti cannot find the specified library. There is a library name that is simular but not exact.
Question 1 Is the kdeinit library specification wrong or am I in fact missing that shared library?
Question 2 How would one reinstall kde? (Assuming the shared libraries would be recreated)

[rong]

Question 2 How would one reinstall kde? (Assuming the shared libraries would be recreated)

You can run yast2 from the command line and remove and then reinstall KDE but first try booting from the install disk and run repair to see if that finds a corrupted or missing file and fixes it.

[jwf]

Well, I looked at another machine with Suse10 on it and I think I've discovered why KDE will not load, but need assistance in the resolution.

While in root, I did an 'ls' in the directory where the libraries exist and I have 5 lines that 'ls' reports as Permission Denied
These lines are the actual libraries and a "link" to the library.
My question is now:
If ROOT does not have access to those libraries, how does one reassign them?

chown and chmod do not have access under root to access the files to change them.

[jwf]

Thanks rong,
I'll give that a try

Rong, when you say 'repair' do you mean use the load option 'rescue system'?
Also, i have dual boot on this machine and do not want to jeopardize the other partition's data.

[rong]

While in root, I did an 'ls' in the directory where the libraries exist and I have 5 lines that 'ls' reports as Permission Denied
These lines are the actual libraries and a "link" to the library.
My question is now:
If ROOT does not have access to those libraries, how does one reassign them?

chown and chmod do not have access under root to access the files to change them.

This is interesting. Do you mean you are getting permission denied in the /opt/kde/lib directory? If so, I can confirm that I get no such permission issues on these files as root. I just checked to make sure.

[jwf]

yes, those are the libraries I looked at on my thinkpad, and there are no permission problems there. No idea how they got in that state.
The only app I installed lately was Opera. Don't know if that has anything to do with this.

[rong]

T
Rong, when you say 'repair' do you mean use the load option 'rescue system'?
Also, i have dual boot on this machine and do not want to jeopardize the other partition's data.

I missed this post last time I looked. With the Install CD, Run Install > Update and then there is a Repair option there somewhere. Been awhile since I did it so I might not have that sequence exactly correct.