KDE 4.2 Widgets freezing desktop on add

Hey guys I upgraded to KDE 4.2 and everything went smoothly and was
working fine. Starting last night, I am no longer able to add Widgets
to the desktop. The system will lock up. I am still able to add
widgets to a panel, but not the desktop. I still have a few widgets
left on my desktop that were added before this problem started and they
work fine. However if I remove them, I am not able to add them again.
The system will freeze, the only way to resolve this is to logout and
then login again. Does anybody know what could be causing this? Is
this a known bug? Any ideas on how to resolve it?


Ninja1980

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  • Ninja1980,

try renaming your ~/.kde4/share/config/plasmarc and plasma-appletsrc, then logout, login.

Uwe

Sorry, but NOT help. I hawe the same problem. My 32-bit-pc’s
Plasmoid-list jum up but other my 64-bit-pc works well. Why?


jake45

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Nope that doesn’t do it.

The weird thing is I can still add widgets to a panel. Just not on the
desktop. :\


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check

-kde4/share/config- if you have perVirtualDesktopViews=true

change to

-kde4/share/config- if you have perVirtualDesktopViews=false

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
log back in


Box: Linux 2.6.27.12-170.2.5 i686 | Fedora 10 | Gnome 2.24.2 | M2N4-SLI
| AMD 64 X2 5200+ | nVidia 8500GT | 2GB RAM
Lap: openSUSE 11.1 | Celeron 550 | (KDE4.2.0)“83.1” | Intel 965 GM |
Lenovo R61e | 3GB RAM

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caf4926;1935974 Wrote:
> check
>
> -kde4/share/config- if you have perVirtualDesktopViews=true
>
> change to
>
> -kde4/share/config- if you have perVirtualDesktopViews=false
>
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
> log back in

Within which file?


Ninja1980

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In the file stated bot there was a missing . in the path.
should be .kde4 which is a hidden folder in /home. You will need
activate view hidden files in the view menu

/Geoff
Ninja1980;1936234 Wrote:
> Within which file?


Core 2 Duo 3.16GHz, 4GB DDR2, 2.5TB, GeForce 7600 GS, OS 11.1
x86_64, KDE4.2 (83.1) ‘Smolt specs’ (http://tinyurl.com/9hgxhl)

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I’ve got that, I’m within the config directory, and te above posts do
not mention a file that contains the variable “perVirtualDesktop”.

.kde4/share/config

within the config directory there are over 30 files.


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sorry

-.kde4/share/config/plasmarc-


Box: Linux 2.6.27.12-170.2.5 i686 | Fedora 10 | Gnome 2.24.2 | M2N4-SLI
| AMD 64 X2 5200+ | nVidia 8500GT | 2GB RAM
Lap: openSUSE 11.1 | Celeron 550 | (KDE4.2.0)“83.1” | Intel 965 GM |
Lenovo R61e | 3GB RAM

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caf4926;1936271 Wrote:
>
> -.kde4/share/config/plasmarc-

pervirtualdesktop is not an option within plasmarc, should I add it? If
so where in the file?


Ninja1980

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It appears I have resolved the issue.

I removed the extra plasma add-on pack (KDE-Plasma-Addons) from Yast
and then logged off, logged back in. Was then able to add Widgets to my
desktop again without it locking up.

So I have a few less choices now, but at least it is working. rotfl!

Thanks for all who aided in this thread.


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