[kde-linux] desktop wallpapers disappeared at boot

[Bogus Zaba]

On 24/01/12 13:10, Jethro Tull wrote:
> When I started my computer (Slackware 13.37 with kde) the wallpapers 
> and widgets of the four desktops were missing.
> Only the following error related to kde appears in the system log:
>
> 24/01/2012 11:02:31    Sckay    console-kit-daemon[1467]    WARNING: 
> Failed to acquire org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
> 24/01/2012 11:02:31    Sckay    console-kit-daemon[1467]    WARNING: 
> Could not acquire name; bailing out
>
> the kde version is 4.5.5
>
> Since I didn't like to see naked walls I set some new wallpapers, and 
> these were conserved after reboot but after some time they disappeared.
>
> After playing with the kde settings I restored my configuration by 
> shifting the kde activity. But still I don"t understand why this 
> changed suddenly.
>
> Reagrds,
>
> heavytull
>
>
>
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This happened to me a few times with stock KDE as shipped with Slackware 
13.37 (KDE 4.5.5). Some other KDE instabilities also. So I was on the 
point of dropping KDE for XFCE when I read somewhere about AlienBob's 
KDE packages for Slackware (I think he maintains both a KDE 4.6.5 and a 
4.8.0 branch currently - see 
http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/alien-kde/). I installed the less 
bleeding-edge KDE 4.6.5 and have had rock-solid KDE under Slackware 
13.37 ever since.