[opensuse] KDE4 crash
I'm using OpenSuse 11.0 32bit os. I was using kde4. Since it was a recent installation I experimented with a few different wall papers, tried to get different ones on each desktop like kde3 - gave up. Then tried a few Compiz opitions - didn't work - no big deal. Then the system started bogging down badly. Checking the system monitor it should KDE4 as zombie. I decided to shut everything down and reboot. When I rebooted, it booted to the login screen, then after logging in, it played some start up music and booted to a completely black screen with a useable arrow cursor, but nothing else on the screen. I finally rebooted and logged in using iceWM, which works fine. But I'd like to find out if there is a way to get KDE4 back, short of removing it with yast and re-installing it. Thanks, Regis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu February 19 2009 6:10:46 pm Regis Matejcik wrote:
When I rebooted, it booted to the login screen, then after logging in, it played some start up music and booted to a completely black screen with a useable arrow cursor, but nothing else on the screen.
I finally rebooted and logged in using iceWM, which works fine. But I'd like to find out if there is a way to get KDE4 back, short of removing it with yast and re-installing it.
Actually, reinstalling it most likely would not help, because it's probably files in your home directory that are messed up. I'd suspect that it's the ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma* files - delete them (there's two) and you'll start with a new Plasma, but everything else will still be there. Otherwise, I'd suggest renaming ~/.kde4 and seeing if starting over from scratch does anything useful. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 19:25 -0600, Constantinos Maltezos wrote:
On Thu February 19 2009 6:10:46 pm Regis Matejcik wrote:
When I rebooted, it booted to the login screen, then after logging in, it played some start up music and booted to a completely black screen with a useable arrow cursor, but nothing else on the screen.
I finally rebooted and logged in using iceWM, which works fine. But I'd like to find out if there is a way to get KDE4 back, short of removing it with yast and re-installing it.
Actually, reinstalling it most likely would not help, because it's probably files in your home directory that are messed up. I'd suspect that it's the ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma* files - delete them (there's two) and you'll start with a new Plasma, but everything else will still be there. Otherwise, I'd suggest renaming ~/.kde4 and seeing if starting over from scratch does anything useful.
Thanks Constantinos, Deleting the two plasma files didn't help, but renaming .kde4 did the trick. thanks again, Regis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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