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

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 20:04:38 +0200
Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Am 05.10.2013 20:02, schrieb Steven P. Ulrick:
> >>> 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
> >>
> >> i had the same crap with the first 4.10 releases
> >>
> >> it happens in ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc which is
> >> by stupidity rewritten randomly and there is some race-condition
> >> where after the current settings new ones with defaults are added
> >> with a higher ID, it's easy to fix and exit the desktop with
> >> STRG+ALT+BACKSPACE (some smart guy in the past decided that you
> >> have to enable this shortcut somewhere -> Google)
> >>
> >> IMHO it is a *terrible* design mistake rewrite configurations if
> >> nothing has changed
> > 
> > I checked the contents of
> > "~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc" and it appears to
> > contain all the plasmoids/settings that I WANT to load when I log
> > into KDE.  So, how it appears to me is that KDE is not overwriting
> > my plasma-desktop-appletsrc file, but it is just choosing to not
> > LOAD it
> 
> look again and more careful

Yeah, now I see it.  My original settings with a whole bunch of junk
stuck at the end of the file...

> *additionally* it contains unwanted crap which wins with higher ID's
> look in the archive of this list and you will find the facts
> too in my posts a few months ago

I shall look at that information again.  Thanks for the reminder.

Steven P. Ulrick