KDE can't start after the login

[starslights]

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

hello,

I run Kubuntu Karmic 9.10 on x86 64 with ecrypts and this morning i am unable to start again my system.
After put my pass , it start to load but it hang on at the middle and i have the error:

"the following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE
No write access to "/home/me/.ICEautority"

could not start ksmserver

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 30 12:08:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kdm 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic x86_64

[starslights (starslights)]

i have found that i can start in terminal sudo "sudo startx" and so it have started KDE as root but i really need help to know how fix this problem, as root i take care to not edit a wrong data.

Thanks in advance for any help

best regards

[starslights (starslights)]

ok, i have fix the rights and all work now, the strange thing are that the police are more hell than before..

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Don't start GUI apps as root/sudo. Please use kdesudo, or else you get problems like this. ;-)