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    Incomplete desktop after running out of diskspace

    I was downloading something of significant size and ran out of space on the /home partition.
    The desktop locked up fully and I did a restart via a terminal;
    Code:
    sudo shutdown -r now
    The log in comes up, I log in, see a slow start of the desktop resulting in a black screen with conky, nothing else is there.

    Via various hotkeys I can run the assigned programs like Dolphin and Firefox but there is no task bar, no widgets like the K-menu.
    Right clicking the desktop gives nothing.
    It looks like Plasma is not running, and I don't get access to WIFI, hooking up Ethernet works.
    I do see Plasmashell is up.

    I already tried the 'old' trick by renaming /.kde but no dice...

    Does anyone know of a solution to get the full desktop back?
    Last edited by Teunis; Sep 07, 2015, 03:53 AM.

    #2
    Perform cleanup on your home partition to regain needed space or, if you are able, increase the size of your home partition. Open a console and type:
    Code:
    du -h
    Paste the output in your reply.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Thanks for the tip but I had already moved the excess out of the way

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        #4
        Just guessing here, but I would log out of KDE, delete the cache files in /var/tmp and /tmp, and maybe ~/.cache, then reboot/restart KDE.

        Most (all?) Plasma and KDE5 configs are in .config and .local now, so renaming .kde probably doesn't do much.

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          #5
          I started by renaming .local and .cache but that gave no improvement.

          Renaming .config brought back the toolbar and further functions.
          I did have to reconfigure several things like the theme and a bunch of hot keys.

          Thanks for the help!

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