[ILUG] Could not read network connection list

[Barry O'Donovan]

On Tue 23 Mar 2004 17:42, Lars Hecking wrote:
> Barry O'Donovan writes:
> > On Tue 23 Mar 2004 16:28, Lars Hecking wrote:
> > >  <home dir>/.DCOPserver_<hostname>_0.
> >
> > Check that this file in the users home directory is owned by the
> > user trying to log in and that the user has read/write permissions.
> > Same for the users actual home directory itself.
>
>  The file doesn't exist. The user home dir is automounted, and it has
>  read/write permissions, as I can log in both from the text console
>  and remotely, and manipulate files.

The file in question is a socket for a DCOP server (KDE's interprocess 
communication system). It should be automatically kicked off when you 
log into KDE. Try launching it manually with:

dcopserver --nosid

This should create the socket or, at the very least, give you some error 
to work with.

Regards,
Barry



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Regards,
Barry O'Donovan  -  www.ihl.ucd.ie

Roinn na Ríomheolaíochta, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath, 
Éire.
Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.