[plug] KDE / DCOP vs SMBFS home path.....? (long post, adv. topic)

[Bernd Felsche]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:01:37AM +0800, Ben New wrote:

> There was an error setting up inter-process communications for
> KDE.  The message returned was:
> Could not read network connection list 
> /home/[user]/.DCOPserver_[wkstn].leftclick.com.au__0
> Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running.

No sockets.

If your "Samba server" is running Linux; there are better options
than SMBfs.

It means more administration, but one should never simplify
administration to the point of things not working; unless you're
ghost-writing for the BOFH. :-)

> Right now I'm using IceWM because it actually works.  If I run a KDE 
> application (even Klickety) under ice, I get the same error but the app 
> then still runs.  Some KDE apps like KOffice don't run at all, just 
> fails after the dcop message.

Sockets and named pipes won't work. That may have some undesireable
and perhaps initially-undetected consequences.

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