[Bug 181994] New: screen orientation destroyed .kde/share/config files

[pf at pfortin.com]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181994

           Summary: screen orientation destroyed .kde/share/config files
           Product: kde
           Version: 3.5
          Platform: Mandriva RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: crash
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: pf at pfortin.com


Version:            (using KDE 3.5.10)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

I am reporting this from an alternate account as my main account never gets
past "Loading desktop"...  this is obviously critical to me :(

What I was doing:
k3b was burning a DVD after using 4L-gui to burn a label for the first time. As
I've had for several years now: multiple instances of claws-mail, firefox,
xterms, emacs, python, etc...

Being very late, my mind wandered to the external monitor which I've never been
able to successfully setup as an extra monitor...  all my efforts indicated
that both monitors must be the same size, and all I could ever display was a
copy of the laptop's screen (it's a ThinkPad G40 which has 2 display adapters
-- this is essentially a desktop CPU in a laptop case).

What I did:
I clicked on the "Screen resize & rotate" icon, and selected VGA->upside-down
out of curiosity -- all hell broke loose...

1. the VGA monitor went dark
2. the LVDS screen lost detail (app windows changed color and lost text, KDE
background went black, then all was lost.
3. X server crashed with no info that I was able to capture
4. KDE attempted to restart (destroying the Xorg.0.log a few times before I got
some control back)

- startx was just dying at this point

Tried to find the cause and discovered several files where the screen
information was changed, so I manually corrected the orientation.  

Any attempt at starting kde for this account would now only go to "loading
desktop".

Going back to .kde/share/config, I noticed it was now missing virtually every
*rc file which was in use when I tried VGA upside-down...

I've copied over most missing *rc files from the alternate account which is
seldom used, all to no avail....  I can't get past "loading desktop"

How to reproduce:
No idea since I can't get back to my original state

Expected behavior:
That there should be NO reason for a crash to take out all manner of files:
{kcmrandrrc, krandrrc, gtkrc, gtkrc-2.0, kcontrolrc, kgammarc, kmix*,
knotifyrc, kontactrc, korgacrc, kpdf*, kpowersaverc, ksensorsrc, noatunrc,
rssservicerc, uiserverrc, (others?)}

I would urgently appreciate a clue as to how to recover my main account, even
if I have to redo all KDE settings...  in the meanwhile, I'll try to move .kde
out of the way...

[hitting Finish on this report in case I lose this session too]


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