ksmserver doesnt start after change hostname in /etc/hostname using non-ascii characters
Bug #184448 reported by
cqx
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KDE Base |
Fix Released
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High
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kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
ksmserver crashes when hostname with non-ascii (latin-1) character is used.
There is a viable workaround. Only use ascii characters for the hostname
description: | updated |
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
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Hi everybody,
I guess I have the same issue here. Got a new machine w/ Ubuntu preinstalled (from Dell :-) and obviously wanted to change the host name. Did so directly in /etc/hostname (where else?).
After some more time (and several reboots), I installed the KDE4 packages available from: ppa.launchpad. net/kubuntu- members- kde4/ubuntu gutsy main
deb http://
I'm having Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) obviously. Installation went fine.
When I try to login from GDM I always get the same error upon login:
- KDE4 splash screen starts
- Upon the fourth (or so) icon, I get a crash report behind the splash screen
- Clicking into the splash closes it
- The crash report informs me that ksmserver crashed
- Closing the crash report, logs me out again and brings me back to GDM
Any ideas? Help is greatly appreciated!
For your info:
I'm running on a Dell XPS M1330 w/ intel x3100 graphics card ("Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"). Running the "intel" driver.
My hostname was something like "dell-laptop" or so and I changed it to "bartimäus" (note the umlaut).
ciao, daniel :-)