update - lost desktop setup SOLVED

[Ramchu]

Not only that I lost my lovely black terminal screen!
Can I have it back please?

Open a terminal  - Go to Settings>Configure Profiles>Edit Profile>Appearance -
Select the appearance that you want then -  click Apply>Ok

[kaptain_zero]

Try rebooting.

I could have swore I did that last night, but after doing it this morning all is well. Goes to show, never update in the wee hours of the morning..... sleep first, THEN update......<sigh>.

Thanks again O-P!

Christian

[Jonesy]

Same thing happened here, all me desktop tweaks, custom application stuff on panel are gone . No biggie, I can rebuild the desktop the way I like it, but it is a pain to have to do it.

My grep results:

[chris@localhost ~]$ ls -la |grep .kde
drwxr--r--  4 chris chris  4096 Jun 17 01:09 .kde4/
drwxr-xr-x  4 chris chris  4096 Jun 17 01:06 .kde4.bak/
-rw-------  1 chris chris   353 Jun  9  2011 .kderc


Regards

Christian

Rename .kde4 to .kde4-new, then rename .kde4.bak to .kde4, then log out, and back in. Your old setup with all your personal tweaks should return.

Thanks for the heads up on that OP. Your a hero and saved my day... and you know how stressed I got over these things 

[Dreamofgilgamesh]

Rename .kde4 to .kde4-new, then rename .kde4.bak to .kde4, then log out, and back in. Your old setup with all your personal tweaks should return.

Just for us newbies, where do i find those files please?

Thanks

[TerryN]

Just for us newbies, where do i find those files please?

They are in your home folder but they are "hidden files" so in Dolphin you need to set View->Show Hidden files (or press ALT . ) or on command line include -a as in:

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ls -a $HOME
Terry.

[Archie]

I have a problem

[smileeb@localhost ~]$ ls -la |grep .kde
drwxr--r--  4 smileeb smileeb  4096 Apr  9 07:31 .kde4/
drwxr-xr-x  4 smileeb smileeb  4096 Jun 17 00:21 .kde4.bak/
drwxr-xr-x  5 smileeb smileeb  4096 May 17 11:08 kdenlive/
-rw-------  1 smileeb smileeb   353 Jun  9  2011 .kderc
[smileeb@localhost ~]$

And... the problem is...?  

The problem is your crystal ball is now a cube.

[Old-Polack]

I have a problem

[smileeb@localhost ~]$ ls -la |grep .kde
drwxr--r--  4 smileeb smileeb  4096 Apr  9 07:31 .kde4/
drwxr-xr-x  4 smileeb smileeb  4096 Jun 17 00:21 .kde4.bak/
drwxr-xr-x  5 smileeb smileeb  4096 May 17 11:08 kdenlive/
-rw-------  1 smileeb smileeb   353 Jun  9  2011 .kderc
[smileeb@localhost ~]$

And... the problem is...?  

The problem is your crystal ball is now a cube.

Why not? The rest of my life has been spent mostly trying to fit square pegs into round holes.

[Dreamofgilgamesh]

Just for us newbies, where do i find those files please?

They are in your home folder but they are "hidden files" so in Dolphin you need to set View->Show Hidden files (or press ALT . ) or on command line include -a as in:

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ls -a $HOME
Terry.

Thanks Terry, i do so appreciate the help and knowledge you chaps have and share.

[Jonesy]

Just a quick final question. Can I safely delete that kde4-new directory?   

[TerryN]

Just a quick final question. Can I safely delete that kde4-new directory?   

You can if you want.  There is a copy of it in /etc/skel/.kde4 

Terry.

[menotu]

In the repo's via Synaptic is:

restore-kde-desktop (Restore your latest kde-desktop settings)

Edit - after a new VBox install of Test5, and updating, there is an RestoreMyKDEdesktop icon on the desktop

[dougmack]

As OP knows (too well!) I have recently been thru an exercise to get my desktop back to what it was a week ago, before I accidentally messed it up.
I want it to stay the way it is now, regardless of any upgrade to KDE.  Should I apply chattr to the home/doug/.kde4 directory and the /usr/bin/kde4-config file?
If so, what chattr options should I choose, particularly in the case of /.kde4, which is a directory.  Or is there a better solution? Please advise.

--doug

[chillipaws]

I just ran an update, rebooted and found myself back at the default desktop. Lost all my configurations.

I should have looked at the update closer:

Commit Log for Sat Jun 16 21:40:10 2012

Upgraded the following packages:
java-1.6.0-sun (1.6.0.31-1pclos2012) to 1.6.0.33-1pclos2012
java-1.6.0-sun-alsa (1.6.0.31-1pclos2012) to 1.6.0.33-1pclos2012
java-1.6.0-sun-fonts (1.6.0.31-1pclos2012) to 1.6.0.33-1pclos2012
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc (1.6.0.31-1pclos2012) to 1.6.0.33-1pclos2012
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin (1.6.0.31-1pclos2012) to 1.6.0.33-1pclos2012
kde4-config (4.6.1-2pclos2011) to 4.6.1-3pclos2012

I guess the kde4-config update reset everything.

NOT HAPPY that the regular update had that RESET included.

Earl

[JohnW_57]

I guess it was needed for the KDE 4.8.3 update/upgrade (coming soon).

JohnW

[saltcedar]

Appreciate the heads up.