Desktop settings and configuration disappeared (repeatedly)

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi Michael,

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:21, Michael Bona <mbona at web.de> 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).

I had this quite recently when upgrading to KDE SC 4.5 RC on Kubuntu
0.04. What solved my issue was to exit KDE and remove all plasma
configuration files in $HOME/.kde/share/config/ in a command line
session (which you can open with Ctrl+Alt+F1). You can then return in
the X session (which is on Ctrl+Alt+F7) and restart KDE. Of course you
will have to do your settings again, but those should now be saved
when you exit KDE next time.

Hope this helps.


Regards, Myriam
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