[kde-linux] How to reset your KDE desktop

[Paul Kaplan]

On Friday 24 February 2006 07:15, Stephen CS Howe wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I looked around on the web but could not find any reference to this
> topic anywhere.
> Ovr the last few years, I have had numerous experiences in which , after
> some system crash, I can login to the login screen of my distribution
> (Febora, various versions), but, then when i try to login as my normal
> user, during KDE initialization , the desktop freezes , the system
> completely locks up, and a manual reset of the computer is necessary to
> unlock the computer.
>
> The only method I have found to recover from this problem is then to
> proceed as follows:-
>
> 1. Login as root
> 2. Delete the directory .kde in the /home/"username"/ directory.
> 3. When you login again as "username" the desktop works again.
>
> What I want to know from you brainy folks is the following:
> 1. Is there some kind of log that would tell me what component of kde
> has broken ?
> 2. Is there a better way of unblocking my desktop ?
> The above method works, but , of course, you loose all your desktop
> settings.
>
> Thanks for any replies !
Make a backup of your .kde directory and when you have to delete it, you can 
restore your old settings by renaming the backup to ~/.kde
Paul