[kde 4.1] Re: Desk top missing

[NoOp]

On 08/18/2008 09:14 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- Bill Taylor <th1bill at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> I turned my computer on and my background and the
>> launchers are missing.
>> My task bars are there but just a blue, my choice,
>> desktop, nothing
>> else.  I'm running:
>> 
>> Ubuntu 8.04
>> Gnome Desk Top
>> No effects
>> 
>> -  
>>                                                     
> Hello Bill.
> I haven't the solution but had the same issue with KDE
> 4.1 desktop on Ubuntu AMD64 8.04.1.  All the files are
> in my $HOME/Desktop folder, every last one of them but
> can't figure how to restore them on the GUI.  Have
> also posted the issue but no response. Tried just
> copying the files to Desktop but you can't copy files
> to same files. My issue happened after a non-lightning
> related power failure. I can log in to kde reg desktop
> and the files/folders are still on the GUI desktop
> just not in KDE 4.1
> There should be be a simple solution to this, IMO, but
> haven't found it.  Maybe some kde users like Derek can
> offer some help to us, hopefully. 
> 

You really should start a new thread, or refer back to an old one as
this thread specifically refers to "Gnome Desk Top".

But while we're here; in gnome, restoring the desktop to it's original
state sometimes involves removing the .config .gnome* folders (actually
renaming them so you can fallback). I don't know if this will work for
you, but I've just tried it on one of my systems and it seems to have
restored the clock back to its fat self (I had it small displaying date
& time) yet kept the icons that I'd installed on the panel (Desktop,
SeaMonkey, etc), so you might give it a try:

rename ~/.kde4 to ~/x-kde4-x and logout then log back in. A new .kde4
folder will be created when you log back in. If that doesn't work, then
just delete the new .kde4 folder and rename x-.kde4-x back to .kde4.