I also had the same problem. It seems that desktop service is not starting up when the computer reboots. I would get same error and I reinstalled twice. I then went and read thru the wiki and found out how to start the service from the command line. open up a terminal and navigate to the installed folder. Mine was /home/bill/.zdesktop
I then typed ./zdesktop start
the servide started and I was able to get the desktop running from the icon. I am not sure why this happens but at least I was able to find out what was happening.
Bill |