[SOLVED] How do I reset PCLOS 2010 KDE desktop to original

[LinuxNoobie]

Firstly, this iteration of PCLOS is superb

But, during some playing with bits and pieces on the desktop, I lost the original Taskbar and widgets I'm not sure what I did but they is gone! Not only that, but everything I have tried to re-create the original has resulted in more carnage to the point that I have just the Start Menu icon down there.

Is there a way to get the original configuration back? A sort of reset to default? I haven't been able to find anything yet.

Cheers,
Allan

[Texstar]

Firstly, this iteration of PCLOS is superb

But, during some playing with bits and pieces on the desktop, I lost the original Taskbar and widgets I'm not sure what I did but they is gone! Not only that, but everything I have tried to re-create the original has resulted in more carnage to the point that I have just the Start Menu icon down there.

Is there a way to get the original configuration back? A sort of reset to default? I haven't been able to find anything yet.

Cheers,
Allan

Re-install the kde4-config package from the Synaptic Package Manager. Log out and back in again and the desktop will be reset to the original settings.

Tex

[LinuxNoobie]

Duh! 

Many thanks Tex, all is back to where it was before I "fat fingered" it 

Takes 10 seconds to undo what took me hours to completely stuff up yesterday. Oh well, I picked an appropriate user name 

Cheers,
Allan

[longtom]

Duh! 

Many thanks Tex, all is back to where it was before I "fat fingered" it 

Takes 10 seconds to undo what took me hours to completely stuff up yesterday. Oh well, I picked an appropriate user name 

Cheers,
Allan

We all had these moments - and I still do.  Join the club ... 

[Zero Angel]

+1 to Texstar's suggestion (and to mentally bookmark it for future reference)

I was actually going to delete my KDE4 settings folder at one time in order to wipe out a mysterious bad config that was messing with my desktop, and found that the default KDE4 setup was not nearly as good looking as the PCLOS KDE4 setup.

Query: Does this also wipe out any other KDE configs that don't have anything to do with the desktop? (ie: kmail, kwrite settings, etc)

[fraxinus]

LinuxNoobie - glad you have now got your taskbar back, even though much of your customisation effort will have been lost in the process.

http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=89142

Something that has been discussed on the KDE community forum is the ease with which KDE 4 users can accidentally delete the taskbar. This can be especially alarming to less experienced users of Linux and KDE.

I think this is a very serious usability issue with KDE 4 and I hope that it will eventually be addressed. Perhaps all it needs is a second pop-up warning if you opt to delete key desktop elements such as the taskbar - do you REALLY want to take this action?

[LinuxNoobie]

LinuxNoobie - glad you have now got your taskbar back, even though much of your customisation effort will have been lost in the process.

http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=89142

Something that has been discussed on the KDE community forum is the ease with which KDE 4 users can accidentally delete the taskbar. This can be especially alarming to less experienced users of Linux and KDE.

I think this is a very serious usability issue with KDE 4 and I hope that it will eventually be addressed. Perhaps all it needs is a second pop-up warning if you opt to delete key desktop elements such as the taskbar - do you REALLY want to take this action?

I am not too upset about losing the "customisations" that I had done as it was those that I was trying to undo During the course of trying to get myself out of the pickle, I found out how to do the customisations in a way that actually suited what I wanted to do in the first place! So, by restoring the original cnfiguration, it wiped out my mistakes and gave me a clean sheet with which to work. Now I have what I want without the ugly mistakes and awkward layout I had created - just what the doctor ordered. I have learned more about PCLOS because of my idiocy... seems that being a "Dumba$$" sometimes has an Upside 

The biggest thing I learnt was that the taskbar is a widget and got dealt with the same as the other widgets that were on there, so while I thought that I was clearing out one, I must have missed with the mouse cursor and pulled the trigger on the whole lot  When it all disappeared and I couldn't find a way to get it back, I began to create a new one. That wound up being at the top of the screen  and I couldn't get it to the bottom, no matter what I did  I kept digging myself deeper and deeper into the mire until I decided to call for help. The answer, as always on this forum, was quick and 100% what I needed to hear - fixt 

Yeah, there may be some issue with the "no second chance" thing when deleting but if I had been paying attention to what I was doing, I probably wouldn't have got myself into a mess in the first place. But then, I wouldn't have found out how to fix it, either. I call this one a win for me, at least.

Did I mention that this KDE4 version rocks?? And so do the other versions... I have tried 'em all and have LXDE set up for my ancient laptop (a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 series with P3/500MHz plus 300MB Ram and 40GB HDD.) It runs like a top - yeah!

Thanks to all who made these versions of Linux so good.

Cheers,
Allan

[Newlife]

Where are the KDE4 desktop config files for the users stored?

Can they be saved elsewhere  and then copied back to restore?

Newlife

[rubentje1991]

Newlife,

I think this is what you're looking for:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,74296.msg612932.html#msg612932

You're user config settings are stored in .kde4 in your home-directory (hidden directory)
=> if you delete that, you lost your configuration-preferences

There's a standard config available, as explained in the topic where the link above points to.
And reinstalling kde4-config will regenerate the standard config for you with just some mouse-clicks 

[vlaporte]

Hey Guys,
Thanks for the help - I was struggling with the same problem - a screwed up taskbar configuration. This solution - just reinstall "kde4-config" and reboot is elegant. This should be a pop up choice in the taskbar panel options.
Luck,
Vince

[OldGuy]

Firstly, this iteration of PCLOS is superb

But, during some playing with bits and pieces on the desktop, I lost the original Taskbar and widgets I'm not sure what I did but they is gone! Not only that, but everything I have tried to re-create the original has resulted in more carnage to the point that I have just the Start Menu icon down there.

Is there a way to get the original configuration back? A sort of reset to default? I haven't been able to find anything yet.

Cheers,
Allan

Re-install the kde4-config package from the Synaptic Package Manager. Log out and back in again and the desktop will be reset to the original settings.

Tex

This happened to a friend of mine today and he called me in a panic.  He added a panel (default) and now has two on his desktop.  The top panel (newly added) has what use to be on the right side of the bottom panel.  I saw this thread and figured it would be a quick way to redo his task bar since he too is running KDE4.

When into Synaptic's and on my machine the right click on kde4-config doesn't have mark for re-installation, it's greyed out.
So unless someone has another idea.  I might have to rebuild his task bar (which I been playing on a test machine at my house) looks like lot's of work too.  Suggestions are most welcomed.

[ical25]

Thank you Guys for the Help, I just got back the KDE desktop after accidentally deleted it, had it tweaked many times to get it back.... then got to the forum for this solution....!!!

"----Re-install the kde4-config package from the Synaptic Package Manager. Log out and back in again and the desktop will be reset to the original settings.

Tex---"


Ical25

[Hondo]

Removing then reinstalling the kde4-config package from the Synaptic Package Manager worked great for me-

Reset my KDE desktop after I changed a setting that kde could not handle.

Thanks Texstar!

[Phil]

Hi all, before you tinker with your desktop (and mash it up again.....)

Open the Dolphin file manager > View > tick Show Hidden Files

Now copy .kde4 to say .kde4bak

Now when you mash it up delete .kde4 and rename .kde4bak to .kde4

Have fun