Cheers
J
david merriman wrote:
Yes, that's got it. I'm back to a basic 'clean' KDE screen now.
Many thanks, Jason :)
Dave
Cunningly disguised as a responsible adult
Jason Greenwood proclaimed the following on 12/17/2003 11:36 AM:
Hi David,
The easy way I think is to delete/rename out the /home/username/.kde/share/config directory. I would just rename it out as a test. Then KDE will create a new one on startup and you can then troubleshoot which file screwed the system up in the first place. AFAIK, all KDE config settings are stored in those text files. I have a feeling your problem may be found in kdesktoprc.
HTH
Cheers
Jason
David Merriman wrote:
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
