Hi. I'm running Mint 17 KDE since a couple of months. And today something weird happened. I tried to press ctrl+C but I pressed something else (not sure which keys) and suddenly my desktop setting disappeared and also my running apps (Firefox + Android Studio).
So, I logged out and started a new session, but my monitors backgrounds and my desktop icons are still missing. Too bad. What could have happen? Can I restore my settings?
(Which file/s manages kde desktop settings?)
Thanks in advance.
Desktop settings dissapeared! (by pressing key combination)
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Desktop settings dissapeared! (by pressing key combination)
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Re: Desktop settings dissapeared! (by pressing key combinati
I searched a bit and read about restoring an Activity ID in plasma ... I don't know what should i do yet, but the implicated files seems to be:
(folder: ~/.kde/share/config)
activitymanagerrc
plasma-desktop-appletsrc
plasma-desktoprc
The last one has info about my background images so it's encouraging
(folder: ~/.kde/share/config)
activitymanagerrc
plasma-desktop-appletsrc
plasma-desktoprc
The last one has info about my background images so it's encouraging
Re: Desktop settings dissapeared! (by pressing key combinati
Still don't know what's going on. It seems that only Desktop (icons + backgrounds) are lost. The panel bar is fine. Anyway, I want my desktop icons back. I wasn't easy to create those custom application launchers.
This is content of activitymanagerrc
[activities]
37cdffd9-ea19-4a7e-89f5-01d83f50c559=New Activity
cc8eaa91-2937-4142-bfbb-419d9541fcdb=Desktop
[main]
currentActivity=37cdffd9-ea19-4a7e-89f5-01d83f50c559
runningActivities=37cdffd9-ea19-4a7e-89f5-01d83f50c559
Only thing I tried was replacing kwinrc activityId with the one listed there (that I assume is the correct one) But nothing happened. I really need a clue ...
This is content of activitymanagerrc
[activities]
37cdffd9-ea19-4a7e-89f5-01d83f50c559=New Activity
cc8eaa91-2937-4142-bfbb-419d9541fcdb=Desktop
[main]
currentActivity=37cdffd9-ea19-4a7e-89f5-01d83f50c559
runningActivities=37cdffd9-ea19-4a7e-89f5-01d83f50c559
Only thing I tried was replacing kwinrc activityId with the one listed there (that I assume is the correct one) But nothing happened. I really need a clue ...
Re: Desktop settings dissapeared! (by pressing key combinati
This is strange. If I open "activities" and click Desktop it switches to my nice desktop! hurrah!
In activities I just have a Desktop and a New Activity. That new Activity cannot be deleted.... Wait, if I switch to Desktop then I can "stop" and erase the "New activity". Hurray!
So, this is SOLVED. Problem was I accidentally created an Activity (without my concern of what activities are).
Thanks anyway.
In activities I just have a Desktop and a New Activity. That new Activity cannot be deleted.... Wait, if I switch to Desktop then I can "stop" and erase the "New activity". Hurray!
So, this is SOLVED. Problem was I accidentally created an Activity (without my concern of what activities are).
Thanks anyway.