Hello list, We have a network of OpenSuSE 11.1 workstations that use a common NFS-shared /home (off an HP-UX 11i v1 server). The desktop environment in use is KDE 3.5. User accounts are managed through NIS (on the HP server). The same user account will typically login on all stations concurrently. From time to time, we experience some form of corruption of the home dir. of one of those users. I've not been able yet to pinpoint the exact file(s) that cause the problem, but restoring the affected home dir. from tape backup resolves the issue. The symptom is for the KDE Desktop startup to hang (after a successful login in KDM). The .xsession-errors contains the following: --------------------<cut>------------------------ preparing 8 bits screen... startkde: Starting up... kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children. klauncher: Exiting on signal 1 mwm: I/O error on display:: :0.3 kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit: Exit. DCOP aborting while waiting for answer from 'kded' --------------------<cut>------------------------ For the curious, one of the stations (the one that generated this log) has 4 screens, the main one set to 24bit depth and running KDE, the other 3 set to 8bit depth and running MWM. That station also runs 4 instances of x11vnc, one per display. Has anyone here seen something like this in a similar setup ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: pan@iba-group.com http://www.iba-worldwide.com The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the recipient (s) named above. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of the information contained herein (including but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution of any form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Ion Beam Applications does not accept liability for any such errors. Thank you for your cooperation.