[ILUG] Could not read network connection list

[Barry O'Donovan]

On Wed 24 Mar 2004 11:51, Lars Hecking wrote:
>  However, logging into KDE still doesn't work, I get the above, plus
>  (including speling mistake):
>
>  "Your session only lasted less then 10 seconds. If you have not
> logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation
> problem or that you may be out of diskspace. Try logging in ... "
>
>  There is no disk space problem, and I get the same error for the
> failsafe session.

I had a similar problem once and traced it to my /tmp directory. I have 
my /tmp on a separate partition and this partition became full because 
an unrelated application was spitting out a massive log file to /tmp.

When I later tried to log into KDE it started logging in and then XFree 
appeared to reset itself. The problem was that KDE stores some session 
information in /tmp. Check that your

1) /tmp is not full
2) is world writable

>  The fact that it works for root does point to some sort of
> permission problem, though, I just can't figure it out. I also
> thought the fact that KDE only is installed, not Gnome, might be a
> contributing factor?

Maybe an examination of your XFree log in /var/log/ might shed some 
light?

-- 
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.