Re-sending, in the hope that someone has a brainwave.
I still have some outstanding problems caused by the recent power problems. All my ~/.kde ended up in lost+found, identified by numbered folders. I've gradually managed to trace the origin of all the files and returned them to their correct place. However a few may have been lost, as there are no files left and I still have some problems. I'll post them in separate threads.
When I launch konqueror as user I have no Main or Location toolbar. Also, my menu options are Settings, Help, Edit, View and Tools, in that order. Location, Go, Bookmarks and Window are missing.
If I knew what provides these I could copy them from another account. Can anyone help, please? Do you know what causes a toolbar to be displayed? All the toolbars are visible in other users' konqueror, so I don't think anything vital is lost.
Anne
On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:38 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
If I knew what provides these I could copy them from another account. Can anyone help, please? Do you know what causes a toolbar to be displayed? All the toolbars are visible in other users' konqueror, so I don't think anything vital is lost.
i do not know where specifically in the KDE config toolbar settings are stored.
have you made extensive customizations to your KDE desktop? if not (and even if you have) the easiest route for you may be something like the following:
% cd ~ % rm -rf .kde-backup && mv .kde .kde-backup % cp -a /etc/skel/.kde .kde
then log out and log back in, choosing the default KDE session. KDE should detect a brand new ~/.kde and populate it accordingly (take a look at /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop if you're interested in seeing what it's going to do).
at this point i would expect you to see a functional KDE desktop with the default config. you can then proceed to configure your desktop as you see fit. if you want to see what is different between the stock config and your config, start with `diff -br --brief .kde .kde-backup` and go from there.
-steve
-- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 15:52, Steve Huff wrote:
On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:38 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
If I knew what provides these I could copy them from another account. Can anyone help, please? Do you know what causes a toolbar to be displayed? All the toolbars are visible in other users' konqueror, so I don't think anything vital is lost.
i do not know where specifically in the KDE config toolbar settings are stored.
have you made extensive customizations to your KDE desktop? if not (and even if you have) the easiest route for you may be something like the following:
% cd ~ % rm -rf .kde-backup && mv .kde .kde-backup % cp -a /etc/skel/.kde .kde
then log out and log back in, choosing the default KDE session. KDE should detect a brand new ~/.kde and populate it accordingly (take a look at /usr/share/xsessions/kde.desktop if you're interested in seeing what it's going to do).
at this point i would expect you to see a functional KDE desktop with the default config. you can then proceed to configure your desktop as you see fit. if you want to see what is different between the stock config and your config, start with `diff -br --brief .kde .kde-backup` and go from there.
After the hours I've spent diffing files, trying to find the problem, you are quite right that the obvious solution is to start from a clean .kde. I have a working konqueror, now, thanks. All that's left is to see which files need copying back from the old .kde. I suspect that I could copy them en masse as long as I missed the konqueror files, but I won't :-)
Anne
-- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v
And to think we laughed at Windows for its registry, while both Gnome and KDE have implemented much of the same... No lessons learned here. :-(
Filipe
On Thursday 19 February 2009 12:31:59 Filipe Brandenburger wrote:
And to think we laughed at Windows for its registry, while both Gnome and KDE have implemented much of the same... No lessons learned here.
Not the same at all. You try doing a recovery from a screwed-up windows registry. I lost some time on this, but nothing else.
Anne
On 19/02/2009, Anne Wilson cannewilson@googlemail.com wrote:
On Thursday 19 February 2009 12:31:59 Filipe Brandenburger wrote:
And to think we laughed at Windows for its registry, while both Gnome and KDE have implemented much of the same... No lessons learned here.
Not the same at all. You try doing a recovery from a screwed-up windows registry. I lost some time on this, but nothing else.
yes you can't delete the registry in windows and get a fresh copy automagically generated
mike
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