KDE 3.5.10 Desktop Background Issue

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 20:42 +0200, Sandro Steger wrote:
> 
> On 02 October 2008 19:57:23 Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Sandro Steger wrote:
> > > Hello fellow fedora users,
> > >
> > > for some reason I can't set the Desktop background using the "Configure
> > > Desktop ..." tool from the Desktop Context Menu. It doesn't work with the
> > > Control Panel as well (Well, basically it's the same dialog).
> >
> > Odd, unfortunately I can't reproduce that, seems to work as advertised for
> > me (I don't usually set/use background images, or change colors often).
> >
> > -- Rex
> 
> 
> Same, that's why it took me a while to notice.
> 
> I suspect a corrupted config file to be the cause.
> Is there a command to get kde to reload all user settings without relogging in? 
> That would make it a lot easier and faster to find the cause.
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No - log out
press <Control><Alt><F1>
log in as your normal user in the virtual console
type 'mv .kde .kde-bak'
type 'exit'
press <Control><Alt><F7>
login as usual, your settings will be back to the beginning and all of
your old data/settings are in your $HOME/.kde-bak 

Craig