On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 10:49 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
Any ideas ?
> I'm getting a "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly"
when
> I log into my Linux box.
>
> When I log in, my desktop has no icons. As soon as I do anything with a
> desktop file, it refeshes and the icons appear. (For example, right
> click->new->folder.)
>
> Also, my .xsession-errors file has literally hundreds of "+QFile::open:
> No file name specified" errors in it. Furthermore, whenever I do
> anything on the desktop, like move an icon, about 20 more such error
> messages occur.
>
> I think the problem originated when I accidentally filled my hard drive.
> Since then I have freed up a bunch of space. I've also run fsck and its
> fine error wise.
>
> I suspect that KDE is trying to open a file that was used in a previous
> session, maybe when my computer shut down from a full hard drive. How
> does one wipe all the previous session info so that KDE doesnt do a
> "restore session" operation ?
>
Hi, Kim,
I only use Gnome, so I cannot comment on KDE. However, have you
rebooted the system? When a disk fills up, things can be hosed in
temporary files, and in the tmp directory affected by the overwrite or a
file not properly terminated (due to the fill up issue). A reboot will
sometimes clear these files and let things re-initialize.
Another issue is whether or not you have a VM running (VMWare or some
other VM such as JAVA can occasionally be badly messed up by a full file
system.) You may have to terminate the VM by hand and restart it to get
it to fully initialize.
Regards,
Les H