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This morning when I tried to log in the computer stopped at the KDE Mint splash screen!! It just sat there for a while so I waited for any error messages. Eventually I got one - 'No write access to /home/neilwin/.ICEauthority'. Then another 'Could not start ksmserver'. This threw me for a while. Eventually I started again in recovery mode, logged in as root, found the file .ICEauthority and changed the permissions. Then I logged in again as normal and all was well. I don't think a newbie would have got that sorted. I have never had this error before, and I have not done anything which could have changed those permissions. In fact, until today, I had never heard of .ICEauthority. So I am asking if anyone could throw any light on this for me please. I would be interested to hear if this has ever happened to anyone and if so what might have caused it. By the way, yes I do have an up to date backup of my home folder. And I do have a DVD of Mint 12 KDE should I ever have to start over from scratch and install a new distro. Thanks for any help with this, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq