Hi,

>> Sorry, if I was not precise enough. All entries above Bookmarks on the
>> KDE menu are gone (e.g., Application, Configuration, Documentation,
>> Networking, Terminals, ..., etc.). And the shortcuts that I created on
>> the toolbar now only displays the KDE gear icon. If I click on it, it
>> would say the serivce not found. (e.g., Could not finnd service
>> Terminal/kconsle.desktop). Would someone please tell me how to recover
>> the settings?
>
> Norman one question did you restart X ... not just logout log back in
> but restart X? (ctrl-alt-backspace will restart X)

I rebooted my server. But the shortcuts and desktop icons are still missing
8( Is there a directory that keeps these settings.

> Second thing would be to look for files ending in .rpmsave  These are
> new configuration files that rpm sets to the side (so it doesn't
> destroy your old preferences.) you'd then want to manually move the
> ones that don't affect you to the non .rpmsave filename.

Thanks. I will do a slocate for .rpmsave files. And start manually tracking
for changes.

> 3rd idea ... change icon set.  Then change back
> to the one you prefer.  It's possible that Linux "forgot" where to find
> your icons and needs to be reminded.

May I ask how do I change my icon set? Which files do I edit? I have no more
shortcuts in the GUI interface. Would it help if I change to Gnome desktop
then back to KDE?

Regards,
Norman

>> I updated the following packages of my LM9.0 box. Now my desktop menu is
>> gone (the program shortcuts) and desktop icons are gone. I tried logging
>> as a different user, the same thing happens. Has anyone seen this strange
>> behavior? How do I revert the changes?
>>
>> Package name: gdm
>> Date: August 21st, 2003
>> Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:085
>> Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1
>> Synopsis: Updated gdm packages fix vulnerabilities
>>
>> Package name: perl-CGI
>> Date: August 20th, 2003
>> Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:084
>> Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2, Corporate
>> Server 2.1
>> Synopsis: Updated perl-CGI packages fix cross-site scripting
>> vulnerabilities
>>
>> Package name: unzip
>> Date: July 7th, 2003
>> Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:073
>> Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2, Corporate
>> Server 2.1
>> Synopsis: Updated unzip packages fix vulnerability




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