plasma crashing

[Homer]

While looking at the developer info section of the nasty gram that kept
popping up a colleague suggested the following:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libqtcore4
sudo apt-get install --reinstall plasma-desktop
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libqt4-script

I then deleted .kde again and logged in.  No nasty gram, but I also didn't
have a default desktop.  For example, I had an empty panel rather than the
default.  I then tried a back-up .kde and was again presented with the
error.  I ran the above commands again, removed .kde (no nasty), and
proceeded to add a default panel and configure the desktop.  So far, so
good.

Not sure what to say about all this.  The "solution" is less than
satisfying.  I'm not sure I have fixed anything, but it's working.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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