Next time (will there be a next time??), rid your home directory of the .kde hidden directory and restart kde. You'll lose all your settings (including kmail settings!), but 90% of the time the problem, whatever it was, will be cured. As you can tell, I've NEVER had a problem with kde.
On Sunday 03 August 2003 12:08 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > I had to share this. > > Yesterday I hosed KDE because I wanted to see the Penguin herding the > Windows icons. No other excuse. > > Something the Texstar KDE .rpm put in my home directory crashed the load > just after the splash screen. I know it was in my /home directory because > in desperation, two hours later, I pulled out the CD's and reinstalled, > reformatting everything but /home and a second drive /archive. > > I booted with a grin, and it crashed again. And again. > > Finally this morning I got out the Linux Desk Reference someone on the list > suggested, booted without the graphic crutch I rely on daily, copied my > /home into the /archive and re-formated the lot (except /archive). > > After a brand new install without the damage I've inflicted on the box the > past year, I visited PLF, got my urpmi sources straight, updated > everything, collected my life blood from the archived /home, and I'm back > in business. Leaner, meaner, and more experienced. (Not necessarily less > dumb.) > > No doubt there are 10 better ways to recover. I don't care. I did it > based on what I've learned here, and I did it. > > In my Windows days, I would have lost untold piles of files, software and > proof of ownership, passwords, serial numbers all would have had to be > recovered, throwing time and money down the deep dark hole. > > I couldn't have done it without you all. > > Thank you > > Lee
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