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<p>Created page with &quot;==problem== kde version: 4.14.3 KDE refuses to start programs at some point after login. Logging off and on again will temporarily resolve the issue, but it comes back quick...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==problem==<br /> kde version: 4.14.3<br /> <br /> KDE refuses to start programs at some point after login. Logging off and on again will temporarily resolve the issue, but it comes back quickly.<br /> <br /> errors when starting programs from konsole:<br /> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyxhost: unable to open display &quot;:0&quot;<br /> <br /> root cause i think was the dhcp server setting my hostname via an old /etc/hosts file on the dns server. <br /> ==solution==<br /> I corrected the hosts file on the dns server and ran...<br /> sudo hostname localhost<br /> <br /> I was able to lauch programs again without restarting or logging off from KDE.<br /> <br /> ==links==<br /> [https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&amp;t=85330 https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&amp;t=85330]<br /> <br /> [[category:kde]]<br /> [[category:gentoo]]</div>

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