KDE 4.11.00 intermittently forgets plasmoids (2013-10-05)

[Steven P. Ulrick]

Well, I don't know for sure, but if I login to KDE Safe Mode and take a
screenshot of the "Activities" settings at the bottom of the screen,
this is what I see:
http://www.afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_2-Desktop-Screenshot-GOOD-Activities_SafeModeLogin

If I take a similar screenshot while logging into a regular KDE
session, this is what it looks like:
http://www.afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_2-Desktop-Screenshot-BAD-Activities_RegularLogin

Activities may have something to do with my problem.  But, I tried them
a long time ago and decided that I wouldn't ever mess with them again
(they just weren't worth what I considered to be all the hassle.)
Translation: for quite a while KDE just respected all of my desktop
settings.  Then, without making any changes, my plasmoids and other
desktop settings just started to disappear when I logged out and then
back in.  Also, I used to be able to reboot and log back into a KDE
session that looked like it is suppsed to:
http://afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_00-Desktop-Screenshot-GOOD

But today when I rebooted and logged back in, I got this:
http://afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_00-Desktop-Screenshot-BAD

Now, the only way to get my desktop looking like it is supposed to is
to login to the KDE Safe Mode...



On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:31:01 -0300
Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca> wrote:

> Your correct desktop doesn't happen to be in a different activity by
> chance?
> 
> 
> On 10/05/2013 02:27 PM, Steven Ulrick wrote:
> >  > Hello, Everyone
> >  > Lately after I logout of KDE and then log back in, my desktop
> >  > background is sometimes changed to something that I did NOT have
> >  > as my background, and all of my Plasmoids are gone...
> >  >
> >  > Here is a screenshot of how my desktop is NOT supposed to look:
> > http://afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_00-Desktop-Screenshot-BAD
> >  >
> >  > Here is a screenshot of how my desktop is supposed to look:
> > http://afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_00-Desktop-Screenshot-GOOD
> >  >
> >  > I didn't feel like waiting until KDE loaded my desktop
> >  > correctly, so I rebooted...
> >  >
> >  > This is on Fedora 19.  KDE version is 4.11.0.  Yes, that's from
> >  > kde-unstable.  If you can help me figure out what is wrong, I can
> >  > file a bug report.
> >
> > Well, it did it again today.  But this time, the plasmoids, desktop
> > background & other settings were gone AFTER logging in after a
> > reboot... Rebooting used to be how I got all of that back...
> >
> > But I tried something new.  I logged out, and then logged back in
> > the KDE "Safe Session"  Doing that, my desktop looked just like it
> > is supposed to:
> > http://afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_00-Desktop-Screenshot-GOOD
> >
> > Unfortuately, when I log out of the safe session, and back into a
> > regular KDE session, it looks like this again:
> > http://afolkey2.us/gallery3/index.php/Assorted/KDE4_11_00-Desktop-Screenshot-BAD
> >
> > If you need any information that I am not providing, just let me
> > know and I will get that to you.
> >
> > Steven P. Ulrick
> >
> >
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