Updating to 15.04

[Richard Barmann]

On 04/03/2015 11:48 PM, Clay Weber wrote:
> On Friday, April 03, 2015 11:31:42 PM Richard Barmann wrote:
>> On 04/03/2015 10:41 PM, Clay Weber wrote:
>>> On Friday, April 03, 2015 10:26:13 PM Richard Barmann wrote:
>>>> After I log in I get the next screen which has a band across the middle
>>>> and a line that shows it is loading something. Then I get the blank
>>>> screen. I can get to the terminal and Login to it. At that point I tried
>>>> the solutions shown in the Bug at
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/1431332.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a place I can get the info about my PC. : Video, Hard Drives.,
>>>> Memory?
>>>>
>>>> Dick Barmann
>>> Since  you are actually getting a desktop (albeit without plasma running),
>>> you can try this:
>>>
>>> alt-f2 to bring up Krunner, and type in 'plasmashell'
>>> This will restart the desktop part of KDE.
>>>
>>> My guess is that Plasma crashed; this is what provides your desktop
>>> things,
>>> such  as wallpaper, widgets, taskbar, etc. If this does brings up your
>>> desktop, you should try updating your system to see if this fixes this
>>> permanently. In older versions of Plasma5 and Frameworks5, I had this
>>> happen, and usually once Plasma was up and running, it would be fine
>>> afterward.
>>>
>>> Also note that using Krunner, you can still run applications if  you
>>> need/want to, even without Plamsa running.
>> I get nothing with Alt/F2.
> Ok, nit good, probably
>> With Ctrl/Alt/F2 I get a terminal. If I type
>> in krunner I get
>> ----------------
>> QXcbConnection Could not connect to display
>> Aborted  (Core Dumped)
> This is correct, as while you are in the vt (virtual terminal) you are not
> "connected" to the graphics bit; in this environment, you would have to modify
> the command to specify where the display is. This is why I suggested krunner.
>
>> --------------------
>> I am letting it boot up to the second screen (next after the login) and
>> then trying Alt/F2. I guess I am doing something wrong.
> No, I don't know what it could be, though.
> You could and see if opening programs from krunner works.. You don't have to
> know the exact name, but if you type in 'muon'  or 'software', it will show
> the different programs that deal with this subject, and you can use the gui to
> update your system, if you don't wish to do so using the command line.
>
> You could also use krunnrer to open Konsole and try running 'plasmashell' from
> there and see if there are any error messages.
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>> Dick Barmann
> I do not know why I cannot get into krunner. Am I doing Atl/F2 at the  wrong stage of booting up. I am waiting until it stops and goes to a blank screen.I can Login there but do not know how to get krunner. Ctrl/Alt/F2 take me to the login but that is not a Terminal/Konsole.
Dick Barmann