On Sunday 30 March 2008 14:07:39 jdd sur free wrote:
Stan Goodman a écrit :
But I do not think that Kicker has been deleted: yesterday, I switched to the root user, and found that Kicker was present. So the problem is one of this user, and I would like to know how to solve it.
well, one can still make a right clic on the desktop and switch to an other user, can't you? or control alt backspace to kill the session?
That's what I did. I switched to the root user, and reported that I saw the panel there.
At your place, I would backup all the user home directory (including dot files!) to be able to go the hard way :-)
But thankfully, this has proved unnecessary. See below.
for example: remove *all* the dot files of the user (so backup before!!!)
then control alt backspace to kill the X server and restart. X should load kde with all default.
if this gives you back the pannel, there is just to make a copy/remove session to see what is the problem :-) (not to say it's not frustrating)
I already have lost the pannel and had hard time retreiving it, but had not at this time the good idea to write down a note...
I beg you have seen this http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=44016
This thread described the exact same problem, and also had the very easy solution: ***** Unhide it (Control Centre==> Desktop--> Panels--> Hiding tab) and use the left or right hiding function instead. There's also the Raise when the pointer touches the screen's: function. **** In the Hide tab, there was a button marked for hiding the panel automatically after 3 seconds, which is what is intended to happen. I changed the behavior to hide only when I click on a Hide button, and that brought the panel back in all its glory. Then I changed again to hide automatically after 3 seconds (in other words, the way it was originally), and the behavior is exactly what it should be. The bloody thing was stuck. I will not forget this one in a hurry. I also learned that the Control Center is "kcontrol", not "kontrol" Long Live Consistency.
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15862
problem seems common, alas
jdd
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