Unable to start Konqueror, unless started as root
 

When i click on the Konqueror Icon I get the message "Starting Konqueror" which then dissapears after around 30 seconds.

I always use the KDE environment in Mandrake, and am relitively new to linux. I have another icon which i have named "root browser" which runs "kdesu konqueror /" and works. Could it be to do with permissions?

The normal icon may have been set up as "kfmclient openURL %u"

Does anyone have any ideas which might help?

Any Comments?
 

The reason this is a problem is that I cannot open any folders or mounted drives- as KDE always tries to launch Konqueror.

Any comments would be appreciated, even if they may not be entirely relevent.

Thanks

Does it give you any error messages if started from a terminal window?

Newbie question: How do I do that, do I need to browse to the folder konqerer is stored in using terminal? Where would that be?

After looking at:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=287406

I realised that my problem only comes into effect after plugging in my 1GB SanDisk cruzer mini drive- only that i use this all the time.

Strange.. no idea what could cause that :confused:

To run konq from terminal, just start kterm and type 'konqueror' to the prompt.
Another place you could check out for error messages is the .xsession-errors file in your home directory (note the dot at the beginning, i.e. its a hidden file).