Very Computer

I was wondering if anyone had a problem with kicker (the panel program)
crashing on startup. Im running KDE 2.1 on RH7....... this sonofaB*tch
is lame!..... any help would greatly be appreciated.
Mud

Ask properly, describe the symptoms and include a print of what happens if
you start kicker from a konsole and people might be able to help you.

Andrew

You may have a configuration problem.  You could try deleting the Kicker's
configuration file.

Or, if you have upgraded from a pervious release, rename the directory:
"SHOME/.kde" and restart X.

If that fixes it you know it is one of the configuration files.

JRT

OR...

        The not-so-elegant solution I came up with was this:  

        Login as root.  rename your home directory to $HOME.backup or
something.  Now make a new home directory under your username, and
make the ownership and permissions right.

        Now login to a KDE session with your username.  All of the
config files will get set up.

        Next, open Konqueror and copy any needed files and
sub-directories back from your backup folder.  BTW, don't copy
ANYTHING that is called kde*.  I admit, it is not the most elegant,
but you are now sure that everything is running on KDE2 setups.

Good luck.

John Kiehn
pastorJohn
email in header is bogus, please reply here.

I experienced a similar problem and in troubleshooting I discovered that it
was probably the system monitor applet.  

I did notice however that if I logged in as root, the panel did not crash.  

To troubleshoot, I created a new user and logged into KDE.  I renamed my
~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc file and copied the the new users kickerrc
file to directory to mine (don't forget to change permissions).  Logging in
under my own user, the kicker now loads, but without any of my
customizations.

I started to add them back one by one and lo and behold when I added the
system moniter applet, I received the SIGSEGV error.  I would venture a
guess that you had that applet running on your panel.  

I hope this helps.

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Quote:> I started to add them back one by one and lo and behold when I added
> the system moniter applet, I received the SIGSEGV error. I would
> venture a guess that you had that applet running on your panel.

I have a similar problem as muddymud. I don't have system monitor
running. My guess is that it's the child panel which causes the crash.

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Nevin

Quote:

> > I experienced a similar problem and in troubleshooting I discovered
> > that it was probably the system monitor applet.

> [...]

> > I started to add them back one by one and lo and behold when I added
> > the system moniter applet, I received the SIGSEGV error. I would
> > venture a guess that you had that applet running on your panel.

> I have a similar problem as muddymud. I don't have system monitor
> running. My guess is that it's the child panel which causes the crash.

> --
> Nevin

that sounds like my prob .... but it loads fine after i run kicker from
the run menu.... i will check out the config files... see if thats the
prob. thanks for the helpful responses everyone!

that brought back my panel (well it loads on startup with out crashing) now
to add stuff to figure out what broke it.
thanks for the help.

well I believe the problem is with the child panel. whenever i add an
applet (say a taskbar or an app launcher) and restart K it muffs up. It
was soooooo convenient to have a task bar on that thingy with the
exploding icons....... I think this should be looked into by the KDE
programmer dudes.

muddy mud