<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Sans Serif'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Wednesday 19 August 2009 02:24:00 am Alvin wrote: > On Wednesday 19 August 2009 06:41:42 Mark Halegua wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 02:58:11 pm John L Vifian wrote: > > > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 10:28:02 am Mark Halegua wrote: > > > > Well, I tried the backport to 4.3, and it certainly made some > > > > changes. Still couldn't resize the columns, and on rebooting the > > > > system, the plasma said it couldn't do something, but couldn't give > > > > me details to send in. Now, the task bar doesn't appear and trying > > > > sudo apt-get update to try and fix it keeps telling me a pubkey isn't > > > > correct, and to use apt-get update to fix it, which it doesn't and > > > > keeps repeating the message. > > > > > > Rightclick on the desktop and choose add panel then right click on the > > > panel and add the appropriate widgets: "Application Launcher", "System > > > Tray", "Task Manger", "Trashcan", "Digital Clock", "Device Notifier" > > > and "Pager" to duplicate what I have. > > > > > > John Vifian > > > > Right-clicking on the desktop does nothing for me. The error I get says > > Plasma has crashed. When I try to do a backtrace, it won't saying the > > system may have been corrupted. > > > > Luckily I had my /home directory in a separate partition. I can install > > from scratch and it won't affect my mail, local apps, or settings. > > Putting your /home on a separate partition is thoughtful, but in this case, > I would first try to fix the installation. This isn't Microsoft Windows > where you reinstall for shortcuts with the wrong icons. > > The pubkey is asked here every other day. There is a link to the > instructions on the front page of http://www.kubuntu.org > > Useful links: > http://www.kubuntu.org/faq/PPA-keys > https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/InstallingSoftware > > Now, just try the following: > $ sudo apt-get update > $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop > $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Alvin, Thanks for the pointer to solving the pubkey issue. That has helped me get beyond the apt-get update issue. However, the apt-get install kubuntu-desktop is still a problem and Plasma still crashes. It seems as if it won't install the 4.4.3 packages for kde, and only the 4.4.2 packages are installed. I will try the dist-upgrade. FYI, I do get a desktop, but without the taskbar, none of the windows has a frame, only a tgest menu, with some secondary toolbars. Mark </body></html>