Lost system tray

[Stephen Brandon]

I've tried widgets at the suggestion of Ann and Tim.
Unless someone knows how I can reload my KDE desktop back without removing Fedora 11 from my computer and reinstalling.

I originally started out trying to find a way to cause the number lock to be active when I booted the computer.
 
I ended up with a tight checkerboard pattern and 6 smaller desktops. As I tried to fix that I FUBAR'd my KDE desktop so bad it won't even come up now.
However I did manage to get my Gnome desktop back with everything (I think). 


SNAFU without very detailed instructions.


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On 20/10-2009 18:53 Stephen Brandon <sbrandon@...> wrote:

> I've tried widgets at the suggestion of Ann and Tim.
> Unless someone knows how I can reload my KDE desktop back without
> removing Fedora 11 from my computer and reinstalling.
>
> I originally started out trying to find a way to cause the number lock
> to be active when I booted the computer.
>
> I ended up with a tight checkerboard pattern and 6 smaller desktops. As
> I tried to fix that I FUBAR'd my KDE desktop so bad it won't even come
> up now.
> However I did manage to get my Gnome desktop back with everything (I
> think).
>
>
> SNAFU without very detailed instructions.
>

Run "find ~/.kde/ -name plasma*" and delete whatever it returns.
Could be "find ~/.kde4/ -name plasma*" - don't know if Fedora uses .kde or
.kde4.

DISCLAIMER: Not tried and maybe it will screw it up even more.

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  Thomas Olsen

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On Tuesday 20 October 2009 17:53:20 Stephen Brandon wrote:
> I've tried widgets at the suggestion of Ann and Tim.
> Unless someone knows how I can reload my KDE desktop back without
> removing Fedora 11 from my computer and reinstalling.
>
Let's get the desktop back first, then we'll walk you through it.

> I originally started out trying to find a way to cause the number lock
> to be active when I booted the computer.
>
That's in SystemSettings.  Again, if you don't know systemsettings, we'll walk
you through that, once you have your desktop back.

> I ended up with a tight checkerboard pattern and 6 smaller desktops. As
> I tried to fix that I FUBAR'd my KDE desktop so bad it won't even come
> up now.

Well, to see that you must have used the cashew at the top right of the
screen.  All you've done is zoom out, and you can see representations of your
six desktops.  Probably the first one is the one you want to be on, so look at
the bottom of that desktop.  You should be able to see a magnifying glass.  
Click on that, and it should zoom in.  If you have zoomed out more than once
you may have to zoom in more than once, but that should cure it.

> However I did manage to get my Gnome desktop back with everything (I
> think).
>
It's always useful to have another desktop available :-)
>
> SNAFU without very detailed instructions.
>
When you've got that desktop back, either use Alt-F2 or right-click on the
desktop and select Run Command.  Type in 'systemsettings' and move the cursor
onto the offered menu item.  You may have a panel icon that looks like a
screwdriver and spanner/wrench crossed - that also launches systemsettings.  
Once you have this up you have access to control most aspects of your desktop.  
Near the bottom of the first page is Keyboard and Mouse.  Click that, and
halfway down the new page is where you choose whether the NumLock is on or off
at startup.

Close systemsettings, and come back for the next step.  We'll tackle the
system tray problem next.

Anne
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On 20/10-2009 21:27 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@...> wrote:

> On Tuesday 20 October 2009 17:53:20 Stephen Brandon wrote:
> > I've tried widgets at the suggestion of Ann and Tim.
> > Unless someone knows how I can reload my KDE desktop back without
> > removing Fedora 11 from my computer and reinstalling.
>
> Let's get the desktop back first, then we'll walk you through it.
>
> > I originally started out trying to find a way to cause the number lock
> > to be active when I booted the computer.
>
> That's in SystemSettings.  Again, if you don't know systemsettings, we'll
>  walk you through that, once you have your desktop back.
>
> > I ended up with a tight checkerboard pattern and 6 smaller desktops. As
> > I tried to fix that I FUBAR'd my KDE desktop so bad it won't even come
> > up now.
>
> Well, to see that you must have used the cashew at the top right of the
> screen.  All you've done is zoom out, and you can see representations of
>  your six desktops.  Probably the first one is the one you want to be on,
>  so look at the bottom of that desktop.  You should be able to see a
>  magnifying glass. Click on that, and it should zoom in.  If you have
>  zoomed out more than once you may have to zoom in more than once, but that
>  should cure it.
>
> > However I did manage to get my Gnome desktop back with everything (I
> > think).
>
> It's always useful to have another desktop available :-)
>
> > SNAFU without very detailed instructions.
>
> When you've got that desktop back, either use Alt-F2 or right-click on the
> desktop and select Run Command.  Type in 'systemsettings' and move the
>  cursor onto the offered menu item.  You may have a panel icon that looks
>  like a screwdriver and spanner/wrench crossed - that also launches
>  systemsettings. Once you have this up you have access to control most
>  aspects of your desktop. Near the bottom of the first page is Keyboard and
>  Mouse.  Click that, and halfway down the new page is where you choose
>  whether the NumLock is on or off at startup.
>
> Close systemsettings, and come back for the next step.  We'll tackle the
> system tray problem next.
>

That is indeed a better suggestion than my throw-it-all-out-and-start-again
approach.
I had forgotten about the ZUI. Good thing that it is being
removed/reimplemented. It is so non-intuitive that I got stuck in it several
times too.

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  Thomas Olsen

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