Shawn, Thanks for the tips. I tried hitting Alt-D and the Alt-A on the desk top and in a terminal, both as robin and as su, but nothing happened.
But your second tip gave me an idea. I have an earlier version of /home/robin/.kde on a backup that was created before this problem occurred. So it seems to me that I could: 1) Rename, or move, the current (bad) /home/robin/.kde on my HD. 2) Copy the earlier (good) /home/robin/.kde from the backup on an external HD to the HD on my PC. 3) Reboot. Do you think that would work? Robin On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Shawn <sgro...@open2space.com> wrote: > A few things for you... > > First, it sounds like your current desktop *may* be showing the Activities > desktop. (Hitting Alt-D then Alt-A reveals the activity switcher). While > activities can be fun to play with, it's probably not quite what you want. > > Next, you *could* delete your /home/youruser/.kde folder. This would reset > KDE to a default environment. BUT, and a BIG BUT!! - you would loose all > your personalization and application configurations. > > Last option I can think of - within your .kde folder, there is a config > file you can remove to just reset the panels to the default. But I don't > recall which file. A Google search for "kde recover panel" should lead you > in the right direction - I hope. > > Hope that helps, and good luck. > > Shawn > > > > On 11-05-30 08:55 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> Hendrik, >> >> Thsnks for your detailed help. I think I got most of it right. I now >> have a panel containing the icons for most of my applications. >> >> But I can't have done everything correctly because the desk top looks >> like it did a few days ago. There is a wide strip at the top containing >> icons labeled "KMail" and "System Settings". Just below that is a box >> containing "Enter your query here". Then there is a set of 10 icons >> which mimic entries in "Applications Launcher". I tried right clicking >> on the desk top hoping to make further adjustments but nothing happened. >> >> Robin >> >> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Hendrik Schaink <hscha...@infovisi.com >> <mailto:hscha...@infovisi.com>> wrote: >> > Check and see if your Desktop activity setting were changed by: >> > 1) right-click somewhere on empty Desktop space >> > 2) click on "Folder View Activity Settings" -- a new window opens >> > 3) click on icon Activity in the left pane >> > 4) if you want the behaviour of KDE 3.5, I recommend you set Type to >> > "Folder View" (Desktop View is quite different); press Apply button >> > 5) click on icon Location in the left pane >> > 6) KDE 3.5 location to display the desktop is by using folder Desktop. >> > Verify that "Show the Desktop folder" is clicked, press Apply. >> > >> > Hope that gets you started in the right direction. >> > >> > Hendrik >> > >> > >> > Richard Carter wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> >> I'm using kde 4.4.5 on a PC running Debian 6.0.1. Until a few days >> >> ago my desktop showed a task bar or panel containing icons upon which >> >> I could click to start the associated applications. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, I clicked on something I shouldn't have and my desk top >> >> now looks quiet different. Initially the desk top showed several >> >> Icons labelled "Internet" etc. After lots of effort I managed to get >> >> rid of all that so that the only icon on the desks top is >> >> "Applications Launcher", But the panel is gone and attempts to >> >> recover it by right clicking on the desk top and then clicking on " >> >> +Add panel" in the resulting window produce no response. >> >> >> >> Can anyone suggest how I could get back to my old desk top? >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > clug-talk mailing list >> > clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> >> >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> > **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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