kde panel gone, no icons

[lord_valarian]

I rebooted to find all my kde taskbar icons gone. I tried erasing the .kde4 folder, no effect. Need help.

I can't find the basic time icons either. How do I restore defaults?

Thanks.

[wolfi323]

I rebooted to find all my kde taskbar icons gone. I tried erasing the .kde4 folder, no effect.

Obviously. Plasma5 (and all of KDE Frameworks5 actually) does not use ~/.kde4/ at all, the config is located in the standard ~/.config/ now.

I can't find the basic time icons either. How do I restore defaults?

What are "basic time icons"?

Does the desktop itself work or do you just have a blank screen?
(the latter would likely mean that plasmashell crashed or wasn't started)

Maybe post a screenshot for clarification.

You can of course reset to the defaults by deleting/renaming the folder ~/.config/.
Or as a first try the file ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc which contains just Plasma's desktop setup.

[eng-int]

I think that it is more likely that widgets were unlocked and the default panel accidentally removed. This can be done with an inadvertent swipe. I used to have regular problems with users doing this and at one time resorted to a script to lock widgets when they logged out.

Right-click on some unoccupied desktop, ensure widgets are unlocked, choose Add Panel > Default Panel.
Position, size and configure as desired.
Right-click on some unoccupied desktop, ensure widgets are locked,

[wolfi323]

I think that it is more likely that widgets were unlocked and the default panel accidentally removed. This can be done with an inadvertent swipe. I used to have regular problems with users doing this and at one time resorted to a script to lock widgets when they logged out.

Well, that shouldn't be that easy to do accidentally anymore nowadays, and you'd also get a popup with the option to undo the change...

Anyway, if that's the problem, removing the mentioned config file should fix it too.

[lord_valarian]

Obviously. Plasma5 (and all of KDE Frameworks5 actually) does not use ~/.kde4/ at all, the config is located in the standard ~/.config/ now.


What are "basic time icons"?

Does the desktop itself work or do you just have a blank screen?
(the latter would likely mean that plasmashell crashed or wasn't started)

Maybe post a screenshot for clarification.

You can of course reset to the defaults by deleting/renaming the folder ~/.config/.
Or as a first try the file ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc which contains just Plasma's desktop setup.

Default panel: time with calendar, notifications, devices, etc

My panel is still gone after deleting '.config'. I tried using the right-click bottom of screen to:
'add panel'-->'default opensuse panel' nothing happens. 'Add empty panel' adds it to the top of the screen. I need bottom of screen. I can't find move panel.


I couldn't get the linux system to start and update install didn't work. So, I did an install with import user.

[lord_valarian]

I managed to get some icons back, but there is no digital time widget.

[lord_valarian]

I managed to get some icons back, but there is no digital time widget.

panel options-->add wigits--> no function to add a digit time clock.

[Fraser_Bell]

You might also check to see if you have accidentally switched Activities in the Activity Manager.

[lord_valarian]

You might also check to see if you have accidentally switched Activities in the Activity Manager.

You mean the task bar or system tray?

Activity Manager?

tray: software updates, devices connected, sound, date (displayed)

[eng-int]

panel options-->add wigits--> no function to add a digit time clock.

Do you have “plasma5-workspace-libs” installed? The “digitalclock” widget seems to be in there.