Plasma workspace error

[lafeber-dumoleyn2]

Dear Thomas Olsen,
Thank you for your answer about Plasma workspace error. My situation is 
slightly more complicated because I have Kubuntu running in a Virtual 
Machine. I can start a Recovery mode where I choose "root" (Drop to root 
shell prompt). When I type the command "mv ~/.kde .kde.bak" I get the 
message "No such file or directory". After changing the prompt like 
this: PS1=me at myPC:~S, I went to /home/me and tried the command again. It 
only works when I give the command: "mv .kde .kde.bak" (It doesn't work 
with the backup-suffix ~). When I type find .kde.bak I get a lot of 
lines with information. But after a restart of Kubuntu I get the same 
error, and no desktop.
I would be very grateful if you can come up with a solution.
Regards,
Hannie

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> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:51:11 +0200
> From: lafeber-dumoleyn2 <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>
> Subject: [kde] Plasma workspace error
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> 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
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> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:24:29 +0200
> From: Thomas Olsen <tanghus at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kde] Plasma workspace error
> To: kde at mail.kde.org
> Message-ID: <201004261624.31303.tanghus at gmail.com>
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> 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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