KDE 4.1.0 'Could not start kstartupconfig4. Check your installation'

Bonny · 08-20-2008, 03:50 PM

Hello everyone.

I have just installed the KDE 4.1.0 packages on top of my Slackware Linux v12.1 (which had KDE 3.5). The update was successful, but when I try to run x (i.e. 'startx'), I get the following error: 'Could not start kstartupconfig4. Check your installation'

Could anyone suggest how I can fix it?

thank you in advance

Bonny · 08-21-2008, 01:59 AM

Please, could anyone hint towards a solution?

berbae · 08-21-2008, 11:09 AM

Have you upgraded also qt from 3 to 4 ?

Bonny · 08-21-2008, 11:26 AM

No, but I don't want it anymore. is there a way to UNINSTALL X and REINStALL a fresh copy?

arizonagroovejet · 08-21-2008, 11:27 AM

I've never seen that error message under KDE but I have seen it under KDE 3. The circumstances where when a user's home directory failed to mount from a remote server so the user was trying to log in without a home directory. Is your home directory writeable by you? Is there space on the partition your home directory is on?

Bonny · 08-21-2008, 11:31 AM

Yes there is. My /usr is writeable and there is enough space on the hard drive

arizonagroovejet · 08-21-2008, 11:34 AM

How is /usr relevant? It shouldn't be writeable by anyone by root. Unless you have some unusual set up home directories live in /home

Bonny · 08-21-2008, 11:38 AM

oops, sorry, I meant the home directory. /root and everything is writeable, 100%. sorry, it was a typo

moaaz alqadi · 10-06-2009, 04:51 AM

when i try to login to the linux suse11.1 server by using tightVNC from windows xp client, i get the following error: 'Could not start kstartupconfig4. Check your installation'

Could anyone suggest how I can fix it? thank you in advance

arizonagroovejet · 10-06-2009, 04:56 AM

Don't resurrect long since dead threads for your own purposes, start your own.

moaaz alqadi · 10-06-2009, 04:59 AM

start my own ?!! please explain