Desktop settings and configuration disappeared (repeatedly)

[Michael Bona]

Reinhold Rumberger wrote:

> On Wednesday 14 July 2010, Michael Bona wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I am using Kubuntu 10.04 with KDE 4.4.2.
>> 
>> I have just had my desktop settings disappear (again). What I mean
>> is that after logging in I do not see me desktop with my panels,
>> icons, widgets etc. as set up by ME but rather the standard
>> desktop a new user might see.
>> 
>> This first happened after a distribution update from 8.10 to 9.04
>> (I think) then again on 9.10 to 10.04 and now for the first after
>> a cold reset (push the reset button).
> 
> Have you ever considered a backup? From this description, it seems
> like the config files were corrupted which can happen after a dirty
> shutdown or when you run out of disk space...
> 
>   --Reinhold

Well yes, but a full / backup restore should not be necessary to 
restore desktop settings? Which is why I asked if someone could help 
me by pointing to the relevant config files.

Michel