Re: [opensuse-kde] Losing plasmoids, widgets, desktop settings after reboot
On 11/17/2013 11:31 PM, Luca Beltrame wrote:
Il 2013-11-18 07:38 Marc Chamberlin ha scritto:
as I can. I do not know what is different about the desktop in question from other desktops or my laptop that does not have the problem.
Can you post the content of your .kde4/share/config/activitymanagerrc before and after your changes?
Also check if you have "kactivities" installed.
Hi Luca - I am not sure why you responded directly back to me, and not post your reply on the opensuse-kde newsgroup? I hope it will be OK with you that I reply both back to you directly and post to the opensuse-kde newsgroup as well, so others can follow along. If not OK then my apologies and I will communicate directly with you in the future instead. Anywise, to answer your questions, I have kactivities4 version 4.10.5-1.101.1 installed on the computer that is giving me the problem. Here is the contents of my activitymanagerrc file shown below. Unfortunately diff did not show any changes being made to the file after I made changes to the backgrounds and added a couple of widgets to one of my desktops. Marc.... cat activitymanagerrc.after [activities] 112ec999-2aa1-466f-9216-0ac1cdac71a5=New Activity 1191e759-05e0-44e7-815e-5fdf6af1fa5b=New Activity 20a3f2f0-cf44-4d44-a144-7807b90c9e02=New Activity 361f3476-4b30-44e4-8b40-f374615790d9=New Activity 52b87c95-04ac-420d-8ceb-e22f21eb13eb=System Monitor Activity 58e3d014-7d10-45bb-a433-498b78a0ad00=New Activity 7fe30ddd-7cce-4434-b1d4-17713fc2ecac=New Activity 8f1eb901-08e6-4895-971f-822618cc372d=New Activity 9c207922-a304-45a3-8da6-c636a7f427fe=New Activity ac64df15-6fae-4d88-932f-4b924960fccd=Astronomy Activity be3531da-6bcc-4c7f-a81e-e7051f3049e8=New Activity c8cffe37-b7cc-49f6-ab56-36e19c4b3dbc=Desktop Activity e08fbf01-fc88-47ac-896f-529b3ad984f4=New Activity [activities-icons] 52b87c95-04ac-420d-8ceb-e22f21eb13eb= ac64df15-6fae-4d88-932f-4b924960fccd= c8cffe37-b7cc-49f6-ab56-36e19c4b3dbc= [main] currentActivity=9c207922-a304-45a3-8da6-c636a7f427fe lastUnlockedActivity=9c207922-a304-45a3-8da6-c636a7f427fe runningActivities=9c207922-a304-45a3-8da6-c636a7f427fe,20a3f2f0-cf44-4d44-a144-7807b90c9e02,c8cffe37-b7cc-49f6-ab56-36e19c4b3dbc,ac64df15-6fae-4d88-932f-4b924960fccd,361f3476-4b30-44e4-8b40-f374615790d9,52b87c95-04ac-420d-8ceb-e22f21eb13eb,8f1eb901-08e6-4895-971f-822618cc372d -- "The Truth is out there" - Spooky -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
Here is the contents of my activitymanagerrc file shown below. Unfortunately diff did not show any changes being made to the file after I made changes to the backgrounds and added a couple of widgets to one of my desktops. Those kind of changes are not written to that file. Anyway, points to test: a) clean user b) "main user" + kquitapp plasma-desktop && kstart plasma-desktop after executing those changes c) chmod -x /usr/bin/kactivitymanagerd outside the session (note that would create vanilla setup, but just to see is the issue indeed with KAMD), login,
On Monday 18 of November 2013 10:21:04 Marc Chamberlin wrote: try to change stuff, etc..
On Monday 18 of November 2013 10:21:04 Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Here is the contents of my activitymanagerrc file shown below. Unfortunately diff did not show any changes being made to the file after I made changes to the backgrounds and added a couple of widgets to one of my desktops. Those kind of changes are not written to that file. Anyway, points to test: a) clean user Thanks Sumski and Felix for your replies. Creating a clean user, setting up the desktops and widgets, rebooting works for that user. So it is something that is in my home directory, which as I mentioned is on its own partition and was mounted under openSuSE12.3. So the problem apparently is that there is something incompatible with KDE that was created in an earlier version. I dunno if it is worth it to try an
On 11/18/2013 07:03 PM, šumski wrote: pursue this problem to determine exactly what failed, but I am willing to help if there is a desire for me to do so. At least this should give me a path to get my system working again, I will just backup what is necessary, delete my user account and recreate/restore it.
b) "main user" + kquitapp plasma-desktop && kstart plasma-desktop after executing those changes Doing this did restore my desktops OK, and I did not lose any of my widgets or desktop configurations. However I did get a whole lot of what appears to be error messages and warnings. I can post them if requested to do so... c) chmod -x /usr/bin/kactivitymanagerd outside the session (note that would create vanilla setup, but just to see is the issue indeed with KAMD), login, try to change stuff, etc.. I am not sure what you mean by "outside the session" so did not try this. Thanks again for all the help! Marc...
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On Tuesday 19 of November 2013 14:21:16 Marc Chamberlin wrote:
On 11/18/2013 07:03 PM, šumski wrote:
On Monday 18 of November 2013 10:21:04 Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Here is the contents of my activitymanagerrc file shown below. Unfortunately diff did not show any changes being made to the file after I made changes to the backgrounds and added a couple of widgets to one of my desktops.
Those kind of changes are not written to that file. Anyway, points to test: a) clean user
Thanks Sumski and Felix for your replies. Creating a clean user, setting up the desktops and widgets, rebooting works for that user. So it is something that is in my home directory, which as I mentioned is on its own partition and was mounted under openSuSE12.3. So the problem apparently is that there is something incompatible with KDE that was created in an earlier version. I dunno if it is worth it to try an pursue this problem to determine exactly what failed, but I am willing to help if there is a desire for me to do so. At least this should give me a path to get my system working again, I will just backup what is necessary, delete my user account and recreate/restore it.
OK, that leaves it to possible crash/KAMD race condition at logout/in. As settings are indeed saved, it rules out the permission problems.
b) "main user" + kquitapp plasma-desktop && kstart plasma-desktop after executing those changes
Doing this did restore my desktops OK, and I did not lose any of my widgets or desktop configurations. However I did get a whole lot of what appears to be error messages and warnings. I can post them if requested to do so... No need ;-) That's mostly just plasma being verbose :-)
c) chmod -x /usr/bin/kactivitymanagerd outside the session (note that would create vanilla setup, but just to see is the issue indeed with KAMD), login, try to change stuff, etc..
I am not sure what you mean by "outside the session" so did not try this. Thanks again for all the help! Marc... I mean when you're logged out, and without KDE session and any application running. (So, ideally, either on boot, before login, or, logging out, and doing suggested command)
On 2013-11-19 14:21 (GMT-0800) Marc Chamberlin composed:
to get my system working again, I will just backup what is necessary, delete my user account and recreate/restore it.
Deleting and recreating an account would be gross overkill. Logged out, deleting the content of ~/.kde4 will probably be sufficient, and likely much less is actually necessary. If such turns out not to be the case. Selective deleting of appropriate content in other dir(s) in $HOME will do it. This is how I test alphas & betas frequently, looking to see what if any bugs exist as version upgrades, new features, and rebuilds arrive. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
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