kde desktop gone

nabla · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 6:04 pm Post subject: kde desktop gone

Hello all

i've got a problem with kde 3.1: when i started kde the last time, i've had a power failure, just when kde was coming up. since then, my desktop is empty, there i just a terminal window and no more! no taskbar, no icons, just nothing.
btw: i was logged in as root

is there anything i can do except emerging the whole thing again?

bsolar · Bodhisattva Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2764

I'd try removing kde configuration files in your home. Kde should recreate them.

No warranty, but better than remergin everything...

nabla · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject:

the hone-dir is empty, no kde-files :-(

bsolar · Bodhisattva Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2764

What you mean "empty"? Can you provide a screenshot?

nabla · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:02 pm Post subject:

can't provide screenshots, im sorry. but what i mean is: localhost home # ls return nothing.

there's a strange thing: if i type startkde in the terminal, then kde comes up as normal. so it seems that after the login in kde, the startkde commando isn't executed automatically

nabla · Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:14 pm Post subject:

will be back tomorrow.....

bsolar · Bodhisattva Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2764

Check hidden files, ls doesn't show them.