here is the error list /etc/X11/xim: Checking whether an input method should be started. /etc/X11/xim: user environment variable LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sourcing /etc/sysconfig/language to get the value of INPUT_METHOD INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method). Trying to start a default input method for the locale en_US.UTF-8 ... There is no default input method for the current locale. kstartupconfig: error while loading shared libraries: libkdefakes.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory kde-config: error while loading shared libraries: libkdecore.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory startkde: Starting up... /opt/kde3/bin/kdeinit: error while loading shared libraries: libkparts.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory ksmserver: error while loading shared libraries: libkdeinit_ksmserver.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory dcop: error while loading shared libraries: libDCOP.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory startkde: Shutting down... Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory Error: Can't contact kdeinit! artsshell: error while loading shared libraries: libsoundserver_idl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory startkde: Running shutdown scripts... startkde: Done. XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0" after 789 requests (755 known processed) with 0 events remaining.