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Bug 86

Summary:	KDE crash on start : no write access to ~/.ICEauthority
Product:	TDE	Reporter:	a.moosavi
Component:	system	Assignee:	Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	critical	CC:	bugwatch, kb9vqf, lucas.allan, martinhodges479
Priority:	P1
Version:	3.5.10
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Kubuntu Jaunty
Compiler Version:		TDE Version String:
Application Version:		Application Name:

Description a.moosavi 2009-05-06 11:43:29 CDT

I have installed the jaunty Live CD. Everything was fine until I installed updates and some new applications.
now kde fails to start and shows some dialog box saying :

"
The following installation problem was detected while trying to start kde:
    no write access to '/home/moosa/.ICEauthority'
KDE is unable to start
"

I can go to tty and type:
"
sudo killall kdm
sudo startx
"
then kde starts with everything up and running. (but as root)
So the problem has to be something about wrong permissions.

Comment 1 Lucas Allan 2010-10-22 19:58:51 CDT

try change .ICEauthority owner:

sudo chown moosa /home/moosa/.ICEauthority

Comment 2 Martin Hodges 2011-02-09 04:37:17 CST

This happens typically when any kde3 program is run via sudo in a terminal.
Guarddog is a problem for me since it must be run as sudo. I have not tried via kdesudo.

Comment 3 Timothy Pearson 2013-04-08 15:16:40 CDT

This appears to be an old bug related to incorrect usage of TDE applications.  TDE applications cannot be started with sudo without changing permissions of files such as ~/.ICEauthority, however they can be launched with tdesudo without issues.

Closing as invalid.