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Old 12-17-2010, 07:29 PM   #1
Peter H. Grumbach
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Question "Check if your dcopserver is running" (ASUS Eee Netbook). Need instructions how..


Cannot activate Task Manager.
Message: 'Check if your dcopserver is running'
Need step-by-step instructions how..
(ASUS Eee Netbook)
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Old 12-17-2010, 08:09 PM   #2
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ps -A as root should list all running services.

Apparently, versions of KDE older than 3.4 had a bug involving DCOP server authentication which could cause the error message you are seeing. I found references here and here.
 
  


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