plasma crashing

[Homer]

Just ran the following

sudo dpkg -1 | grep -i kde
sudo dpkg -1 | grep -i plasma

and through the magic of some output redirecting and file editing I purged
everything and then ran:

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop plasma-desktop.

Same problem exists.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I create a new user account the same thing happens when logging in as
> the new user.
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> At this point I'm about ready to completely purge kde and plasma and
>> reinstall.  Is:
>>
>> sudo apt-get autoremove kubuntu-desktop
>>
>> The way to completely purge kde?  There is a lot of conflicting info out
>> there on how to remove kde.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Also getting similar errors for:
>>>
>>> ksmserver Bus error
>>> kmix Bus error
>>> krunner Bus error
>>> kwin Bus error
>>>
>>> Also I've noticed that /var keeps going to 100%.  I'm running out of
>>> options to free up space there.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> FWIW the nasty gram is appearing again.  The error is:
>>>>
>>>> Executable: plasma-desktop PID: 4488 Signal: Segmentation fault (11)
>>>> Time: 06/02/16 09:32:23 AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kubuntu 14.04
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello.  Plasma suddenly started crashing this morning.  I was doing a
>>>>> little pre-work news reading with the chrome browser and suddenly I lost
>>>>> the desktop.  At that point I updated the computer and re-booted to the
>>>>> same result.  I tried logging in as a different user and more of the same.
>>>>> I've tried renaming .kde to .kde_old but that doesn't help.  Searching the
>>>>> google doesn't find any recent postings on the subject.  I was getting a
>>>>> application crashed window popping up indicating a seg fault, but that
>>>>> isn't popping up now for some reason.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's about all I have at this moment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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