Plasma workspace error

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 29 April 2010 21:27:32 lafeber-dumoleyn2 wrote:
> Today's Topics:
> >    1. Plasma workspace error (lafeber-dumoleyn2)
> >    2. Re: Plasma workspace error (Thomas Olsen)
> > 
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:51:11 +0200
> > From: lafeber-dumoleyn2 <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>
> > Subject: [kde] Plasma workspace error
> > To: kde at mail.kde.org
> > Message-ID: <4BD59A4F.8010207 at zonnet.nl>
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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
> > 
> > Message: 2
> > 
> > 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
> >
> >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

If it's too big to send to the list, the best way is to upload it to 
pastebin.ca.  If it's too big for them they will give you a URL for a site 
that can take larger files.  Either way, just post the URL here.

I hadn't been following this thread, but can I ask a couple of questions?  You 
don't have an Intel graphics chipset, do you?  Can you check your grub file 
(I'm not familiar with grub2, so you may need a kubuntu user to help) and make 
sure that you don't have 'nomodeset' in the kernel commands?

Anne
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