[opensuse] Disappearing KDE panel after installing patches
Yesterday after installing some patches via Zen, my KDE panel disappeared. I've had this occur before after a KDE patch was installed, and normally I restart the window and display managers (ctrl-alt-backspace, init 3, or logout) and things usually com back. This did not work, so I deleted by ~/.kde. Once I logged back in through the session manager, the panel returned, and I configured it the way I wanted, set up my 4 desktops with separate backgrounds, and loaded my applications that I normally keep running in my desktops. While I'm not 100% sure of what is killing the panel, I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this. I don't have time to debug it until the weekend, but I will try to configure the desktops and panels, but not run the applications, then go step by step. By default, kde tries to load what was previously loaded, but the first step would be to set up an empty home session. My desktops are: 1: claws && firefox 2: jpilot 3: empty - normally Xemacs 4: 2 KSSH sessions to the Boston Linux servers. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
On Thursday 15 February 2007 12:45, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Once I logged back in through the session manager, the panel returned, and I configured it the way I wanted, set up my 4 desktops with separate backgrounds, and loaded my applications that I normally keep running in my desktops. While I'm not 100% sure of what is killing the panel, I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this.
Yes, it has been a long occuring problem.... both on 10.1 and now on 10.2 The way I fix it is to go to settings --> desktop --> hiding and turn hiding off and then on using apply in between. If you don't normally use hiding, you might have to turn it on and then off.... or some other combination but that's better than deleting your .kde -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:11:33 -0500 Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@bmarsh.com> wrote:
On Thursday 15 February 2007 12:45, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Once I logged back in through the session manager, the panel returned, and I configured it the way I wanted, set up my 4 desktops with separate backgrounds, and loaded my applications that I normally keep running in my desktops. While I'm not 100% sure of what is killing the panel, I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this.
Yes, it has been a long occuring problem.... both on 10.1 and now on 10.2
The way I fix it is to go to settings --> desktop --> hiding
and turn hiding off and then on using apply in between. If you don't normally use hiding, you might have to turn it on and then off.... or some other combination but that's better than deleting your .kde I do use hiding. I know it has been reported before, and I've had it occur after installing a patch but while still in an active session. The problem is what when I log in, the panel hides before I have a chance to do anything. (Actually, I could also make some changes to the config file and turn off hiding and see if it comes back up. Lots of things I could do given some time, but I don't have time until Saturday. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
On Thursday 15 February 2007 16:54, Jerry Feldman wrote:
I do use hiding. I know it has been reported before, and I've had it occur after installing a patch but while still in an active session. The problem is what when I log in, the panel hides before I have a chance to do anything. (Actually, I could also make some changes to the config file and turn off hiding and see if it comes back up. Lots of things I could do given some time, but I don't have time until Saturday.
alt-f1 will get you a K-menu in order to get to the settings....... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:17:12 -0500 Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@bmarsh.com> wrote:
On Thursday 15 February 2007 16:54, Jerry Feldman wrote:
I do use hiding. I know it has been reported before, and I've had it occur after installing a patch but while still in an active session. The problem is what when I log in, the panel hides before I have a chance to do anything. (Actually, I could also make some changes to the config file and turn off hiding and see if it comes back up. Lots of things I could do given some time, but I don't have time until Saturday.
alt-f1 will get you a K-menu in order to get to the settings....... I forgot about that (and it was discussed on this list today :-)
-- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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