Re: Plasma workspace error

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Dear Thomas Olsen,
Thank you for your answer about Plasma workspace error. My situation is slightly more complicated because I have Kubuntu running in a Virtual Machine. I can start a Recovery mode where I choose "root" (Drop to root shell prompt). When I type the command "mv ~/.kde .kde.bak" I get the message "No such file or directory". After changing the prompt like this: PS1=me@myPC:~S, I went to /home/me and tried the command again. It only works when I give the command: "mv .kde .kde.bak" (It doesn't work with the backup-suffix ~). When I type find .kde.bak I get a lot of lines with information. But after a restart of Kubuntu I get the same error, and no desktop.
I would be very grateful if you can come up with a solution.
Regards,
Hannie


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   1. Plasma workspace error (lafeber-dumoleyn2)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:51:11 +0200
From: lafeber-dumoleyn2 <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  Plasma workspace error
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Since the last update of Kubuntu I get an error with Plasma workspace 
KDE DRKonqi Kdeinit4 PID 1478 signal: segmentation fault. The desktop is 
completely black.
Via Google I found a solution on a forum: rename .kde4 folder. But I 
cannot find a .kde folder. There is a folder with the name kde4 in /etc 
and /usr, but not .kde4.
I can open any program I know the name of with Alt+F2, but I cannot 
reach them through Start (which does not show).
When I start Kubuntu in Recovery mode the prompt is root@myPCname. When 
I type Rename .kde4 kde4Bup I get an error message.
Can anyone help me out?
Hannie


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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:24:29 +0200
From: Thomas Olsen <tanghus@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re:  Plasma workspace error
To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <201004261624.31303.tanghus@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Monday 26 April 2010 15:51:11 lafeber-dumoleyn2 wrote:
  
Since the last update of Kubuntu I get an error with Plasma workspace
KDE DRKonqi Kdeinit4 PID 1478 signal: segmentation fault. The desktop is
completely black.
Via Google I found a solution on a forum: rename .kde4 folder. But I
cannot find a .kde folder. There is a folder with the name kde4 in /etc
and /usr, but not .kde4.
I can open any program I know the name of with Alt+F2, but I cannot
reach them through Start (which does not show).
When I start Kubuntu in Recovery mode the prompt is root@myPCname. When
I type Rename .kde4 kde4Bup I get an error message.
Can anyone help me out?
Hannie
    

The folder ".kde" or ".kde4" resides in your home folder and contains different 
settings for KDE. Some distributions name it ".kde", others name it ".kde4".

At the login press CTRL+ALT+F1. This will get you to a text based console.

mv ~/.kde .kde.bak

If you get an error try:

mv ~/.kde4 .kde4.bak

Press ALT+F7 to get back to the login again and try to log in.

Now you should get a fresh Desktop but any modifications you have made will be 
lost.

If you do not want to remove settings for the Desktop and all applications try 
this:

find ~/.kde -name *plasma*

or

find ~/.kde4 -name *plasma*

This will list all the files containing Plasma related settings. Try to rename 
them one by one using the above mentioned "mv" command ("mv" means "move"). 
Start with the file named /home/<username>/.kde/share/config/plasmarc

  

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