Plasma workspace error

[Thomas Olsen]

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 at 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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Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

Thomas Olsen
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