Desktop settings and configuration disappeared (repeatedly)

[George Dvorak]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:12 PM, George Dvorak <gldvorak at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Valter Mura <valtermura at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> In data mercoledì 14 luglio 2010 14:21:44, Michael Bona ha scritto:
>>
>> > 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).
>> >
>> > Since setting up everything again is a real pain, can anyone help me
>> > a) preventing this from happening a or
>> > b) backing up my configured desktop so that I can simply re-create my
>> > configuration by copying a few files.
>>
>> Myabe you have more than one panel active.
>>
>> In this case, you see the default one and not the customized.
>>
>> Check it in edit mode (bottom right next to the systray)
>>
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> I had something similar happen a little bit ago.  Except that my system
> changed from kde to gnome.  As far as I know my mouse slid down to the
> lower  left edge of the screen and poof!  Everything changed.  I have no
> systray now.  Can you tell me in  more detail how to get to this edit mode?
>
> Thanks.
>
> George Dvorak
>

I reinstalled Kubuntu 10.04 and my panels reappeared as I had them before
this happened.
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