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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> 1. Plasma workspace error (lafeber-dumoleyn2)
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span> 2. Re: Plasma workspace error (Thomas Olsen)
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:51:11 +0200
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>From: lafeber-dumoleyn2 <a
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Subject: [kde] Plasma workspace error
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Since the last update of Kubuntu I get an error with Plasma workspace
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>KDE DRKonqi Kdeinit4 PID 1478 signal: segmentation fault. The desktop is
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>completely black.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Via Google I found a solution on a forum: rename .kde4 folder. But I
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>cannot find a .kde folder. There is a folder with the name kde4 in /etc
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>and /usr, but not .kde4.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I can open any program I know the name of with Alt+F2, but I cannot
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>reach them through Start (which does not show).
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>When I start Kubuntu in Recovery mode the prompt is root@myPCname. When
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I type Rename .kde4 kde4Bup I get an error message.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Can anyone help me out?
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Hannie
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class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>The folder ".kde" or ".kde4" resides in your home folder and contains different
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>settings for KDE. Some distributions name it ".kde", others name it ".kde4".
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>At the login press CTRL+ALT+F1. This will get you to a text based console.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>mv ~/.kde .kde.bak
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>If you get an error try:
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>mv ~/.kde4 .kde4.bak
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Press ALT+F7 to get back to the login again and try to log in.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Now you should get a fresh Desktop but any modifications you have made will be
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>lost.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>If you do not want to remove settings for the Desktop and all applications try
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>this:
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>find ~/.kde -name <b
class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>plasma<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>or
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>find ~/.kde4 -name <b
class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>plasma<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags"></span><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>This will list all the files containing Plasma related settings. Try to rename
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>them one by one using the above mentioned "mv" command ("mv" means "move").
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Start with the file named <i
class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>home<span
class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i><username>/.kde/share/config/plasmarc
>OK - it seems you succeeded in moving .kde to .kde.bak. The prompt should have
>nothing to do with this. "~/" is simply your home folder as in
>/home/<username>/ so "~/.kde" is equivalent to "/home/<username>/.kde".
>You should not do "find .kde.bak". When you type "ls .kde" it should say "No
>such file or directory" because you have moved ".kde" to ".kde.bak". If this is
>true and you still get no desktop on re-login please post the contents of
>.xsession-errors from your home folder and any other error messages here.
Thomas Olsen
Hello Thomas,
I am not sure if I can send the file .xsessions-errors to this list as an attachment.
It consists of 619 lines, which is also too much to paste here I suppose. Please let
me know which is best.
Can you explain to me what this move action really does? When I restart
Kubuntu I think a fresh folder .kde is made, because I can see it in Dolphin.
But I still have a black screen, and no desktop. The error message is:
Workspace KDE DRKonqi closed unexpectedly (I translated the Dutch message) KDEinit4
PID 1551 Signal: 11 (segmentation fault). This error occurred after the last update.
The update window mentioned 30 blocked updates. I have no idea why they are blocked.
I run Kubuntu in a virtual machine.
Hannie
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