Plasma Panel and Widgets

[Jerry Amundson]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> epate wrote:
>> Following a recent rawhide upgrade due to python 2.6 release, my KDE panel
>> is empty and won't accept any widgets.
>
> You probably have kdebase-workspace-4.1.80 with kdelibs-4.1.82 or 4.1.85,
> those don't work together properly. Try today's Rawhide, it should be all
> 4.1.85 now.

I was just able to update to the 4.1.85 packages, but the problem
remains. The only way I see a usable desktop is to back out
kdelibs*-4.1.85 and install kdelibs*-4.1.80.

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Timothy Murphy <tim at maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> epate wrote:
>
>> Following a recent rawhide upgrade due to python 2.6 release, my KDE panel
>> is empty and won't accept any widgets.
>
> Not sure if this is the same issue, but I was given the following advice
> by Anne Wilson et al:
> ========================================
> Try this.  Right-click on the desktop > Add Widget and add Application
> Launcher.  (Application Launcher Menu is the Classic Menu, I think).  That
> should give you a second F menu.  If that is complete you can simply remove
> the broken one (right-click on it).
>
> BTW, if you've lost your panel you can put that back from the Add Widgets menu
> as well.  And if your panel ends up at the top, use Panel Settings > Screen
> Edge to drag it to where you want it.
> ========================================
> Try this:
> * open a Konsole
> * paste these 2 lines:
> kquitapp plasma ; sleep 2 ; mv -f ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc \
> ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc.backup ; plasma &
> (or drop the backslash and write it all in one line).
> ========================================

Seems like a different issue in my case. Those gave me a plasma crash,
or a red circle-x icon.

jerry

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