Unable to Login--DCOP server not running

[PVR]

When I try to login to a Redhat 9 system, I am gettingt he following error;

"could not read network connection list
/home/pramod/.DCOPserver_host1_0
Pl check that "dcopserver" program is running

Found that dcop is running in the system. I am able to login into the system using terminal mode. In GUI mode only I am gettingt his error

Appreciate your help

[Mark Grant]

This is a KDE issue. Your default GUI must be KDE and it's either not installed correctly or some other problem has occurred.

In theory, if you can log in and run "startx" from your non-GUI window, you should get some errors, explaining what the problem is.

Failing that, try Gnome as they look and work the same on Red Hat anyway.

[PVR]

Can I reinstall only KDE??

Is it possible??? How to proceed.??

I cannot reinstall entire OS. This is a critical system

[Mark Grant]

Yes, you should be able to re-install only KDE. It should be somewhere in your red-hat software install procedure, whatever that is nowadays.

[Jan Sladky]

hi,

there is chance to solve it without reinstall

give 777 permission on /tmp/.ICE-unix directory

and also check permission on files in $HOME/.kde , they schould be

userXX:groupXX

if not fix it by:

chown -R userXX:groupXX /home/user/.kde

hope this will help you

Jan