Updating to 15.04

[Clay Weber]

On Saturday, April 04, 2015 12:22:55 AM Richard Barmann wrote:
> 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.
> > L4 - Same as R4. - select dupes
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> > Porn: NoForeign Language: NoDid Not Load: NoComment
> > L5 - Same as R5. - select dupes
> > 
> >> 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
Apologies here, I had thought that you were able to  open krunner, and that 
the 'plasmashell' command simply did not work. 

-- 
Clay Weber