Hi there,
I've managed to stuff up my KDE desktop.

I was trying out XPlanet as my 'Background Program' (KDE Control Center
-> LookNFeel -> Background -> Mode ('Background Program') -> Setup).
All was well until I used some stupid parameters in the program's command line; now the Control Center locks up whenever I go to the 'LookNFeel -> Background' screen, and I have to kill it.


Worse, I can't boot into KDE any longer.  It hangs up during the final
bootup process, setting up the desktop IIRC (the second-to-last icon,
anyway).  I managed to boot into Gnome by changing my '.desktop' file,
and am trying to fix things from there, but to no avail so far.

Does anyone know if and how I can restore the default KDE 'Background'
settings from within Gnome, or anywhere but KDE for that matter ?  What
I'd prefer to do is remove the stupid XPlanet command line I put in, so
that I don't risk locking up again when I try to correct it.

I assume there's a configuration file or something that holds the
Background-related settings, but I spent several hours late last night (actually early morning) Googling and searching the directories looking for likely suspects without success.


I thought 'kcmshell' might have a 'restore default' switch for the
'LookNFeel/background' option, but it doesn't (that I can see).

I've tried running KControl from within Gnome, and it runs fine, but locks up on the 'LookNFeel -> Background' screen, as mentioned above.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. If you require any more info, just holler :)

Many Thanks,
Dave




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