[plug] Kernel 2.6.9 & KDE problem (solved)

[Jim Householder]

Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> you didnt do a filesystem upgrade by any chance?
> 
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> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Jim Householder wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi
>>
>>I just built 2.6.9 using the instructions in README.  After make install I had a 269 option in the lilo menu.  So far so good.  As I rebooted I realised I had not updated procps so I selected the 2.6.3-7mdk kernel I had been using.  KDE started and ran smoothly.
>>
>>After updating procps I rebooted into the new 2.6.9 kernel.  OK to the bash prompt.
>>
>>However when I started KDE I got crash messages for kcminit and ksplash.  No backtrace available.  I also get crash messages for kcmshell, and ksmserver and kicker when I stop KDE.
>>
>>I rebooted into 2.6.3-7mdk and got the same results.  I discovered that the /etc/kde directory
>>was missing.  I restored it from backup but I still get the crashes.  Same results for root.
>>
>>With the exception of two kde games (kpat and kshisen-sho) that also crash on exit the programs that crash are all in the kdebase-progs package.
>>
>>I suspect that the problem is with a configuration file somewhere.  Any ideas?
>>
>>2.6.3-7mdk is not configured to use modules so I would think the 2.6.9 modules would not be a problem...
>>
>>TIA
>>Jim
>>

I checked /etc/X11/XF86Config and discovered that the driver had been changed from nvidia to nv.  I changed it back to nvidia and the problem went away.

No filesystem changes (that I'm aware of).

Jim