no desktop or taskbar

[reggler]

Hi There,

I just applied a bunch of updates and rebooted and tataaaaaaaaaaaaaa, my kde starts up seemingly fine - only i'm missing my task bar and my whole desktop ... don't know what happened there, on bootup i got a message that plasma had crashed.... how do i get my task bar and my desktop back?
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Thanks,
Ron

[Rog131]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

...i got a message that plasma had crashed.... how do i get my task bar and my desktop back?

The desktop is made of the plasma objects -> If the plasma (desktop) is crashing there can't be a desktop.


Try to restart the plasma-desktop:

Press Alt+F2 and type konsole.
When the konsole is running, start the plasma desktop with command:

plasma-desktop

Is the plasma desktop starting or do you get a new crash report ?


Links:
> Plasma FAQ
> Topic: Plasma, plasmoids and short how to recover

[Nate]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

And if nothing happens when you press Alt-F2 and type "plasma-desktop" you may need to reinstall the plasma-desktop package.

[reggler]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

And if nothing happens when you press Alt-F2 and type "plasma-desktop" you may need to reinstall the plasma-desktop package.

Well, if i launch it manually, it crashes. I get the KDE crash handler dialog...

[reggler]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

And if nothing happens when you press Alt-F2 and type "plasma-desktop" you may need to reinstall the plasma-desktop package.

Well, if i launch it manually, it crashes. I get the KDE crash handler dialog...

and this is what i'm getting in the Developer information portion of the dialog:

Application: Plasma Workspace (plasma-desktop), signal: Segmentation fault
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb67e4780 (LWP 5931))]

Thread 3 (Thread 0xab675b70 (LWP 5932)):
#0 0x0043a422 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0x083c2142 in pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686/../i486/pthread_cond_timedwait.S:179
#2 0x00a8c8d4 in __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0x94606b0, mutex=0x9460698, abstime=0xab675230) at forward.c:152
#3 0x06e6b20f in QWaitConditionPrivate::wait (this=0x8df56e4, mutex=0x8df56e0, time=30000) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:85
#4 QWaitCondition::wait (this=0x8df56e4, mutex=0x8df56e0, time=30000) at thread/qwaitcondition_unix.cpp:159
#5 0x06e5f2bb in QThreadPoolThread::run (this=0x94734c0) at concurrent/qthreadpool.cpp:140
#6 0x06e6a32e in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x94734c0) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:248
#7 0x083bd80e in start_thread (arg=0xab675b70) at pthread_create.c:300
#8 0x00a7f8de in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130

Thread 2 (Thread 0xaadf4b70 (LWP 5933)):
#0 0x0043a422 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0x00a71c96 in *__GI___poll (fds=0xaf3ff4, nfds=1, timeout=-1) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:87
#2 0x0135054b in g_poll () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x0134356b in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x01343863 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0x06f9891f in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0xaa400468, flags=...) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:414
#6 0x06f6b319 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0xaadf1ec4, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#7 0x06f6b76a in QEventLoop::exec (this=0xaadf1ec4, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#8 0x0611335b in KIO::NetAccess::enter_loop (this=0xaadf1f64) at ../../kio/kio/netaccess.cpp:502
#9 0x06113a36 in KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRunInternal (this=0xaadf1f64, job=0xaa402210, window=0x0, data=0xaadf2008, finalURL=0x0, metaData=0x0) at ../../kio/kio/netaccess.cpp:487
#10 0x0611429b in KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun (job=0xaa402210, window=0x0, data=0xaadf2008, finalURL=0x0, metaData=0x0) at ../../kio/kio/netaccess.cpp:277
#11 0x039a7f92 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#12 0x039b3fd0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#13 0x039b5648 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#14 0x06e6a32e in QThreadPrivate::start (arg=0x99418f0) at thread/qthread_unix.cpp:248
#15 0x083bd80e in start_thread (arg=0xaadf4b70) at pthread_create.c:300
#16 0x00a7f8de in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb67e4780 (LWP 5931)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6 0x0028c7f0 in Plasma::Wallpaper::setUsingRenderingCache (this=0x9249560, useCache=false) at ../../plasma/wallpaper.cpp:351
#7 0x0397d519 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_wallpaper_image.so
#8 0x0028c669 in Plasma::Wallpaper::restore (this=0x9249560, config=...) at ../../plasma/wallpaper.cpp:264
#9 0x001b261c in Plasma::Applet::paint (this=0x922b3d8, painter=0x7082764, option=0x8e0e440, widget=0x9b8c7f0) at ../../plasma/applet.cpp:1346
#10 0x0232c39c in _q_paintItem (item=<value optimized out>, painter=<value optimized out>, option=0x8e0e440, widget=0x9b8c7f0, useWindowOpacity=true, painterStateProtection=true)
  at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4218
#11 0x02346e24 in QGraphicsScenePrivate::drawItemHelper (this=0x8e0e2e0, item=0x922b3e0, painter=0xbfdb28b4, option=0x8e0e440, widget=0x9b8c7f0, painterStateProtection=<value optimized out>)
  at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4286
#12 0x02349471 in QGraphicsScenePrivate::draw (this=0x8e0e2e0, item=0x922b3e0, painter=0xbfdb28b4, viewTransform=0x0, transformPtr=0x913f770, exposedRegion=0x9b8b78c, widget=0x9b8c7f0, opacity=1, 
  effectTransform=0x0, wasDirtyParentSceneTransform=false, drawItem=true) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4767
#13 0x02349e43 in QGraphicsScenePrivate::drawSubtreeRecursive (this=0x8e0e2e0, item=0x922b3e0, painter=0xbfdb28b4, viewTransform=0x0, exposedRegion=0x9b8b78c, widget=0x9b8c7f0, parentOpacity=1, 
  effectTransform=0x0) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4700
#14 0x0234a556 in QGraphicsScenePrivate::drawItems (this=0x8e0e2e0, painter=0xbfdb28b4, viewTransform=0x0, exposedRegion=0x9b8b78c, widget=0x9b8c7f0) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:4593
#15 0x0236497b in QGraphicsView::paintEvent (this=0x9b74680, event=0xbfdb2fb4) at graphicsview/qgraphicsview.cpp:3394
#16 0x01cf6466 in QWidget::event (this=0x9b74680, event=0xbfdb2fb4) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:8124
#17 0x020f1b23 in QFrame::event (this=0x9b74680, e=0xbfdb2fb4) at widgets/qframe.cpp:557
#18 0x0218bda2 in QAbstractScrollArea::viewportEvent (this=0x258, e=0x0) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp:1036
#19 0x02360dfb in QGraphicsView::viewportEvent (this=0x9b74680, event=0xbfdb2fb4) at graphicsview/qgraphicsview.cpp:2788
#20 0x0218e695 in QAbstractScrollAreaPrivate::viewportEvent (this=0x9b3f098, o=0x9b8c7f0, e=0xbfdb2fb4) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea_p.h:100
#21 QAbstractScrollAreaFilter::eventFilter (this=0x9b3f098, o=0x9b8c7f0, e=0xbfdb2fb4) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea_p.h:116
#22 0x06f6bf9a in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendThroughObjectEventFilters (this=0x8d186b8, receiver=0x9b8c7f0, event=0xbfdb2fb4) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:819
#23 0x01c98259 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x8d186b8, receiver=0x9b8c7f0, e=0xbfdb2fb4) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4294
#24 0x01c9ef79 in QApplication::notify (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x9b8c7f0, e=0xbfdb2fb4) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4263
#25 0x00cd81fa in KApplication::notify (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x9b8c7f0, event=0xbfdb2fb4) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:302
#26 0x06f6ccfb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x9b8c7f0, event=0xbfdb2fb4) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:704
#27 0x01cff666 in QCoreApplication::sendSpontaneousEvent (this=0x9b8c808, pdev=0x9b8d55c, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=<value optimized out>, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x9b8d360)
  at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:218
#28 QWidgetPrivate::drawWidget (this=0x9b8c808, pdev=0x9b8d55c, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=<value optimized out>, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x9b8d360) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:5321
#29 0x01d004a5 in QWidgetPrivate::paintSiblingsRecursive (this=0x9b8b428, pdev=0x9b8d55c, siblings=..., index=3, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=4, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x9b8d360)
  at kernel/qwidget.cpp:5434
#30 0x01cff3b5 in QWidgetPrivate::drawWidget (this=0x9b8b428, pdev=0x9b8d55c, rgn=..., offset=..., flags=<value optimized out>, sharedPainter=0x0, backingStore=0x9b8d360) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:5370
#31 0x01ed5490 in QWidgetBackingStore::sync (this=0x9b8d360) at painting/qbackingstore.cpp:1291
#32 0x01cef973 in QWidgetPrivate::syncBackingStore (this=0x9b8b428) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:1663
#33 0x01cf6c26 in QWidget::event (this=0x9b74680, event=0x9472eb0) at kernel/qwidget.cpp:8271
#34 0x020f1b23 in QFrame::event (this=0x9b74680, e=0x9472eb0) at widgets/qframe.cpp:557
#35 0x0218c7b7 in QAbstractScrollArea::event (this=0x9b74680, e=0x9472eb0) at widgets/qabstractscrollarea.cpp:989
#36 0x02362fa6 in QGraphicsView::event (this=0x9b74680, event=0x9472eb0) at graphicsview/qgraphicsview.cpp:2666
#37 0x01c9827c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x8d186b8, receiver=0x9b74680, e=0x9472eb0) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4298
#38 0x01c9ef79 in QApplication::notify (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x9b74680, e=0x9472eb0) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4263
#39 0x00cd81fa in KApplication::notify (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x9b74680, event=0x9472eb0) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:302
#40 0x06f6ccfb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x9b74680, event=0x9472eb0) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:704
#41 0x06f6f733 in QCoreApplication::sendEvent (receiver=0x9b74680, event_type=77, data=0x8cd6b00) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:215
#42 QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x9b74680, event_type=77, data=0x8cd6b00) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1345
#43 0x06f6f89d in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x9b74680, event_type=77) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1238
#44 0x023465b6 in QGraphicsViewPrivate::dispatchPendingUpdateRequests (this=0x8e0e2e0) at ../../include/QtGui/private/../../../src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicsview_p.h:184
#45 QGraphicsScenePrivate::_q_processDirtyItems (this=0x8e0e2e0) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:490
#46 0x02346b06 in QGraphicsScene::qt_metacall (this=0x8ddef58, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=14, _a=0x9311ae0) at .moc/release-shared/moc_qgraphicsscene.cpp:130
#47 0x001dd90a in Plasma::Corona::qt_metacall (this=0x8ddef58, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=18, _a=0x9311ae0) at ./corona.moc:107
#48 0x0083bbba in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so
#49 0x06f71f6a in QMetaObject::metacall (object=0x8ddef58, cl=600, idx=0, argv=0x8ddef58) at kernel/qmetaobject.cpp:237
#50 0x06f7c626 in QMetaCallEvent::placeMetaCall (this=0x985f988, object=0x8ddef58) at kernel/qobject.cpp:561
#51 0x06f7d74e in QObject::event (this=0x8ddef58, e=0x985f988) at kernel/qobject.cpp:1248
#52 0x023427e4 in QGraphicsScene::event (this=0x8ddef58, event=0x985f988) at graphicsview/qgraphicsscene.cpp:3475
#53 0x01c9827c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper (this=0x8d186b8, receiver=0x8ddef58, e=0x985f988) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:4298
#54 0x01c9eede in QApplication::notify (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x8ddef58, e=0x985f988) at kernel/qapplication.cpp:3702
#55 0x00cd81fa in KApplication::notify (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x8ddef58, event=0x985f988) at ../../kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp:302
#56 0x06f6ccfb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal (this=0x8d02810, receiver=0x8ddef58, event=0x985f988) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:704
#57 0x06f6f733 in QCoreApplication::sendEvent (receiver=0x0, event_type=0, data=0x8cd6b00) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:215
#58 QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x0, event_type=0, data=0x8cd6b00) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1345
#59 0x06f6f89d in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents (receiver=0x0, event_type=0) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1238
#60 0x06f98def in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents (s=0x8d1a910) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:220
#61 postEventSourceDispatch (s=0x8d1a910) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:276
#62 0x0133fe88 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#63 0x01343730 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#64 0x01343863 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#65 0x06f988e5 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x8cd6cd8, flags=...) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:412
#66 0x01d57485 in QGuiEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents (this=0x8cd6cd8, flags=...) at kernel/qguieventdispatcher_glib.cpp:204
#67 0x06f6b319 in QEventLoop::processEvents (this=0xbfdb47b4, flags=) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:149
#68 0x06f6b76a in QEventLoop::exec (this=0xbfdb47b4, flags=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:201
#69 0x06f6f95f in QCoreApplication::exec () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:981
#70 0x01c98317 in QApplication::exec () at kernel/qapplication.cpp:3577
#71 0x008418ad in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so
#72 0x080485cb in _start ()

Anyone a clue what this is referring to, I don't really see anything

[Snowhog]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

Is the plasma desktop starting or do you get a new crash report ?


Links:
> Plasma FAQ
> Topic: Plasma, plasmoids and short how to recover

Review the last link above and follow the instructions under the heading Recovering

[reggler]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

Is the plasma desktop starting or do you get a new crash report ?


Links:
> Plasma FAQ
> Topic: Plasma, plasmoids and short how to recover

Review the last link above and follow the instructions under the heading Recovering

Uhm so how would I know which plasmoid maybe crashing my desktop? I haven't added anything new to my plasma desktop as far as i remember. There'd be the weather widget and a couple of directory views and that's it, nothing too fancy...

I also tried to reset my desktop by renaming these files

~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktoprc
~/.kde/share/config/plasmarc

and then starting plasma-desktop but it's still crashing

Then I even moved all my stuff from ~/.kde up to ~/kdebackup but not even this would help :

[Rog131]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

There seems to be:

#11 0x039a7f92 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#12 0x039b3fd0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#13 0x039b5648 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so

Are you using the plasma-widget-customizable-weather ?
Are you using the KDE 4.4.0 from the Kubuntu PPA
Is the plasma widget from the official Ubuntu repository (for the KDE 4.3) ?

Try to remove the plasma-widget-customizable-weather.

[reggler]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

There seems to be:

#11 0x039a7f92 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#12 0x039b3fd0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so
#13 0x039b5648 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_cwp.so

Are you using the plasma-widget-customizable-weather ?
Are you using the KDE 4.4.0 from the Kubuntu PPA
Is the plasma widget from the official Ubuntu repository (for the KDE 4.3) ?

Try to remove the plasma-widget-customizable-weather.

Okay, purged the plasma-widget-customizeable-weather , logged out, logged back in CRASH.
logged out, removed my just recreated /home/reg/.kde, logged in CRASH.
I'm getting desperate here What the heck is going on?

Thanks for everyone's help!
Ron

[Rog131]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

I just applied a bunch of updates...

Something to check:

1) Did the update remove something ? Checking the dpkg log with the konsole:

grep remove /var/log/dpkg.log

Are there resent removed packages ?


2) Was the update partial ? Bad/broken packages ?

Sometimes a mixed system is a bit crashy.

Try to do a full upgrade. Konsole:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get clean

sudoa apt-get dist-upgrade

Any error messages ?

Any help ?


Links:
> Topic: Update Logs
> FAQ: Package Managers

[reggler]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

I just applied a bunch of updates...

Something to check:

1) Did the update remove something ? Checking the dpkg log with the konsole:

grep remove /var/log/dpkg.log

Are there resent removed packages ?


2) Was the update partial ? Bad/broken packages ?

Sometimes a mixed system is a bit crashy.

Try to do a full upgrade. Konsole:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get clean

sudoa apt-get dist-upgrade

Any error messages ?

Any help ?


Links:
> Topic: Update Logs
> FAQ: Package Managers

Yep but nothing critical

dpkg.log

2010-02-27 02:55:30 update-alternatives: run with --remove xulrunner /usr/bin/xulrunner-1.9.1                                  
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: run with --remove nmblookup /usr/bin/nmblookup.samba3                                 
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: link group nmblookup fully removed   
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: run with --remove net /usr/bin/net.samba3                                       
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: link group net fully removed      
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: run with --remove testparm /usr/bin/testparm.samba3                                  
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: link group testparm fully removed   
2010-02-27 03:02:19 update-alternatives: run with --remove usplash-artwork.so /usr/lib/usplash/kubuntu-splash.so                        
2010-02-27 03:02:19 update-alternatives: run with --remove usplash-artwork.so /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-kubuntu.so                     
2010-02-27 09:58:28 remove plasma-widget-customizable-weather 0.9.12-0ubuntu1 0.9.12-0ubuntu1

dist-upgrade downloaded following packages:

akregator gwenview kaddressbook kalarm kbugbuster kde-window-manager    
 kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdebase-workspace-data       
 kdebase-workspace-dev kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins           
 kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 kdegraphics-strigi-plugins kdepim-dev       
 kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins   
 kdepim-wizards kdepimlibs-data kdepimlibs-dbg kdepimlibs5 kdepimlibs5-dev  
 kdesdk kdesdk-misc kdm kipi-plugins kjots kmail knode knotes konsolekalendar
 kontact kopete korganizer ktimetracker kuser libkdecorations4 libkdepim4  
 libkleo4 libkopete4 libkpgp4 libksieve4 libkwineffects1 libmimelib4     
 plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-widgets-workspace python-kde4 python-qt4
 python-sip4

Then on the bottom of the update I got following:

Configuration file `/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
  What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
  Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
  N or O : keep your currently-installed version
   D   : show the differences between the versions
   Z   : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** kdmrc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

I selected N to keep my current version cause I thought I always can update it later uif required...any hints?

[reggler]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

I just applied a bunch of updates...

Something to check:

1) Did the update remove something ? Checking the dpkg log with the konsole:

grep remove /var/log/dpkg.log

Are there resent removed packages ?


2) Was the update partial ? Bad/broken packages ?

Sometimes a mixed system is a bit crashy.

Try to do a full upgrade. Konsole:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get clean

sudoa apt-get dist-upgrade

Any error messages ?

Any help ?


Links:
> Topic: Update Logs
> FAQ: Package Managers

Yep but nothing critical

dpkg.log

2010-02-27 02:55:30 update-alternatives: run with --remove xulrunner /usr/bin/xulrunner-1.9.1                                 
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: run with --remove nmblookup /usr/bin/nmblookup.samba3                                 
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: link group nmblookup fully removed  
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: run with --remove net /usr/bin/net.samba3                                       
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: link group net fully removed     
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: run with --remove testparm /usr/bin/testparm.samba3                                  
2010-02-27 02:57:00 update-alternatives: link group testparm fully removed   
2010-02-27 03:02:19 update-alternatives: run with --remove usplash-artwork.so /usr/lib/usplash/kubuntu-splash.so                        
2010-02-27 03:02:19 update-alternatives: run with --remove usplash-artwork.so /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-theme-kubuntu.so                    
2010-02-27 09:58:28 remove plasma-widget-customizable-weather 0.9.12-0ubuntu1 0.9.12-0ubuntu1

dist-upgrade downloaded following packages:

akregator gwenview kaddressbook kalarm kbugbuster kde-window-manager    
 kdebase-workspace kdebase-workspace-bin kdebase-workspace-data       
 kdebase-workspace-dev kdebase-workspace-kgreet-plugins           
 kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 kdegraphics-strigi-plugins kdepim-dev      
 kdepim-groupware kdepim-kresources kdepim-runtime kdepim-strigi-plugins  
 kdepim-wizards kdepimlibs-data kdepimlibs-dbg kdepimlibs5 kdepimlibs5-dev 
 kdesdk kdesdk-misc kdm kipi-plugins kjots kmail knode knotes konsolekalendar
 kontact kopete korganizer ktimetracker kuser libkdecorations4 libkdepim4  
 libkleo4 libkopete4 libkpgp4 libksieve4 libkwineffects1 libmimelib4    
 plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-widgets-workspace python-kde4 python-qt4
 python-sip4

Then on the bottom of the update I got following:

Configuration file `/etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
 What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
  Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
  N or O : keep your currently-installed version
   D  : show the differences between the versions
   Z  : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** kdmrc (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

I selected N to keep my current version cause I thought I always can update it later uif required...any hints?

This actually seems to have fixed my issue but i moved my ~/kdebackup back to ~/.kde but all of my past settings seem to have gone

[Rog131]

Re: no desktop or taskbar

This actually seems to have fixed my issue but i moved my but all of my past settings seem to have gone

How did you do this ?

Plasma settings or all KDE settings ?

If you do this from the KDE session then the KDE could overwrite the copied ("~/kdebackup back to ~/.kde") settings with the current session settings.