totem/xine/rythmbox etc. "can't create mcop directory"

a_vri · 01-24-2007, 03:18 PM

hi all.

I'm using Debian etch. (full sys below)
recently all of my music players stopped working.

Totem, for example displays this message when it runs from the terminal as user lxmonk:

Quote:

lxmonk@debian:~$ totem
Creating link /home/lxmonk/.kde/socket-debian.
can't create mcop directory

or when run as root:

Quote:

debian:/home/lxmonk# totem

(totem:18103): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

** (totem:18103): WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Creating link /root/.kde/socket-debian.
can't create mcop directory

i tried #mkdir -p /home/lxmonk/.kde/socket-debian.
to no avail.. (the dir exists, but i keep getting the same error).

my system:
Debian etch, Gnome 2.14.3
AMD ATHLON64 3500+
MSI K9NGM2 (C51PV CHIPSET based)

i also tried reinstalling totem and xine using Synpatic - no change.

any help?

cheers,
Avri.

Pollyanna · 02-03-2007, 09:52 PM

Hi,

I had this problem five minutes ago and solved it by manually creating

Code:

~/.kde/socket-ophelia

It works for me, but You seem to have created the directory as root and now only root can write to this directory in your $HOME.

One suggestion: no file in your $HOME should be owned by root.

Hope this helped.

pitchum · 03-06-2007, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a_vri

Totem, for example displays this message when it runs from the terminal as user lxmonk:

Quote:

can't create mcop directory

Maybe you recently enabled ESD sounds in Gnome and it makes an exclusive usage of your sound card.
Simply disable it like this:
go to "Desktop -> Preferences -> Sound" and uncheck the checkbox "Enable software sound mixing (ESD)".

Then try to restart totem.

I had a similar problem and this resolved it.

a_vri · 03-07-2007, 02:17 PM

hi guys.

i'm glad to report that one of the last system updates did the trick!!

thank you all!

avri.