[Mageia-discuss] KDE update problems? Maybe?

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Marc,

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:45:39 -0400
Marc Paré <marc at marcpare.com> wrote:

> Le 2012-09-10 06:04, Shlomi Fish a écrit :
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:22:53 -0400
> > Marc Paré<marc at marcpare.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> I am just wondering if it is just me, but, ever since the KDE
> >> update,
> >
> > Which KDE update?
> >
> >> I had problems with my desktops and laptops (5 in total). I have
> >> had to delete .kde4 (Home folder) on 4 of these boxes, and the
> >> last one has not been updated yet (my son just finished his summer
> >> holidays and was breaking in his Windows partition with his new
> >> install of WOW);
> >
> > Just a note - NEVER (!!) delete ~/.kde4/ as this will lose all your
> > settings. You can instead move it away using the "mv" command:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mv
> >
> > I'm just mentioning it so people won't be encouraged to do so (and
> > you shouldn't do so in the future).
> >
> 
> This would be great if you could give a little more detail for people 
> (like me) who would not know what to mv. I did not know where the 
> problem was coming from and it was just easier (time-wise) to reset
> the desktop and KDE soft.
> 
> Can you give me an example of what I would do in these circumstances?
> 

You can do something like:

mv ~/.kde4 ~/.kde4-old-"$(date '+%s')"

This will move the ~/.kde4 directory away (and as far as KDE is concerned, its
settings will be reset), but you can restore it later, or use it for reference
for older customisations.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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