[KDE] Desktop background gone MIA

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#1

I messed up a little with KDE, so I decided to rename the .kde4 folder in my home to reset my desktop to normal settings.
Then I found out how to fix in a simpler way the problem and renamed .kde4OLD back to .kde4.

Since then I haven’t been able to set a background other than the green opensuse-thingy that is used also as bootsplash.

What I do:

  • right click on the desktop
  • Desktop settings
  • View
  • Choose a background (default or custom is the same)
  • Reboot/Log out

And all I get is that same background.

Any idea on how to fix this? 'Tis quite annoying…

#2

logout
login to icewm or to a virtual console
cd /var/tmp

rm -rf kdecache-$USER

Then login to KDE again, to see if that fixed the problem.

I don’t know for sure whether that will work. However, it has solved similar strange problems for me. It looks as if the session cache can occasionally become corrupted.

#3

Thank you for your answer!

Sorry I didn’t answer earlier, but apparently I forgot to set my subscription… :embarrassed:

Anyway, it did not work…