"sudo kate" kills xserver (crash)

[Christian González]

on a Kubuntu Jaunty with ppa KDE 4.2.3 (can't test it any more on original 4.2.2,but should be the same, can anyone confirm that?) i startet a "sudo kate", and it gave me the following:

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Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
kate(10853) KToolInvocation::klauncher: klauncher not running... launching kdeinit
Error: "/tmp/kde-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: Shutting down running client.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kded4
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-christian" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kconf_update
kdeinit4: preparing to launch
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which seems ok more or less.
Kate pops up, and another x window comes up (attached as screenshot), saying:
"Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation."
 [okay]

When I press [okay] my whole X screen crashes.

[Caamas (francois-niedercorn2)]

I also get a bunch of errors in the term, but I can't reproduce the bug with a fresh kde 4.2 from kubuntu 9.04. (there isn't another x window coming up).

Sorry :(

[Romain1101 (romainmadala)]

I have the same problem since the kde 4.2.3 from ppa

Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

This morning :

sudo adept manager pops up a windows saying "could not start ksmserver.check your installation"
Thought It was a short disfunctionment ! No it is a bug each time I type now "sudo kate sth"
I read :

Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kate(5859) KToolInvocation::klauncher: klauncher not running... launching kdeinit
Error: "/tmp/kde-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: Shutting down running client.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kded4
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-romain" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kconf_update
kdeinit4: preparing to launch

and then xmessage windows pops up. If I click "ok" the xserver reboots !