On Friday, April 15, 2011 01:21:08 PM Kevin Krammer did opine: > On Saturday, 2011-04-09, Duncan wrote: > > gene heskett posted on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:57:21 -0400 as excerpted: > > >> The specific problem file for me was > > >> $KDEHOME/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc . > > > > > > Let me see if I can look at that one. And you just might have > > > nailed it, > > > from a bash konsole, $KDEHOME is not defined, either for me or for > > > root. But where in the login process do I put that? > > > > FWIW, I skipped the usual explanation for $KDEHOME. Looks like I > > shouldn't have. > > > > $KDEHOME if set changes a KDE default. The default, if not set, is > > ~/.kde4 , tho it's possible for that to be changed at compile-time as > > well. > > ~/.kde unless changed e.g. by the distributor > > Cheers, > Kevin There is that possibility Kevin. But, I have since had my boot drive scrambled by a seacrate drive firmware update and was forced to re-install on another much much slower drive but identical drive which explains the 4 day silence on my part. I am not fully recovered from the old drive yet, but my kde/plasma problems seem to be history now. I think I was shooting at the wrong messenger. ;-) Thanks Kevin. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> <http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html> Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty. -- Napoleon ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.