Kubuntu 9.04 - system tray and panel lost! Nearly totally stuck!

[Dotan Cohen]

> Again, I have problems with the system tray and panel. They simply do
> not appear any more. A few times I tried to get them back as follows:
> via terminal > sudo mc > I copied .kde to .kde-orig and than I deleted
> recursively the .kde directory. After restarting the computer, I hoped
> to get back the panel and system tray, because I had done so when I
> experienced a similar problem with Kubuntu 8.10. But now, no system
> tray and panel do come back after restarting the system.
>

If you are removing ~/.kde then KDE _might_ be rewriting it before you
have the chance to log out. Instead, log out (go to the KDM screen),
press Ctrl-Alt-F4, then log into the terminal and run "mv .kde
.kde-original". Log out of the terminal, press Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back
to KDM, and try logging in again.

> Is there any software you could recommend me to UNinstall and
> afterwords freshly reinstall in order to get back the panel and system
> tray??? Is there any other way to fix this problem??!!
>

It doesn't work that way in Linux. In Windows, when you uninstall and
reinstall you are removing your user config files. Not so in Linux.

> At this moment, I can run only one package at the same time, via
> ALT-F2. So, I am really nearly totally stuck now.
>

That's nice, the system only tied one of your hands behind your back!

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