Problem with settings after clean install...
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:45 amI did a clean install today after working with my KDE Desktop settings and I cleaned up and updated packages and so on as well as modified my Ultimate Edition 2.7 theme. All was looking really good and I rebooted in-between operations to make sure all was well.
All was well until the last reboot when I appeared to have lost Klauncher because my AWN panel did not launch and the message said Klauncher could not be found - Huh???
I looked for it in Synaptic but, couldn't find it - had it been removed somehow?
I also lost the ability to Shutdown, Restart or LogOut using any of the three Graphical methods I had.
I manually powered down the machine and rebooted and found the same problems. Oh well I thought another attempt at using KDE Desktop up the Swanny. I have never successfully used the KDE Desktop without some sort of crash but, this time was looking really good...
I did a clean install of Ultimate Edition and opted as usual to delete the parttiion and format it for Ext 4 and have / mount point as always. The install went well and I had the usual warning about overwriting the partition, etc and accepted as always. the system installed without fault - I say without fault but, when I got through to the Desktop I found my old Gnome Desktop settings I had before the KDE Desktop from the last install??? WHY???
The only thing that may have been done differently this time would maybe be the Install updates from the Internet during install was selected. I don't usually do this. I am now going to reinstall as I also lost the ability to access the Internet. the system can see the ISP settings but, I have no icon on the top panel. I am writing this report from my other stable install of Ultimate Edition 2.8 which uses the Gnome Desktop.
If anyone has ideas as to why I have had any of these problems I welcome their input - especially why my old Gnome settings were picked up when they should have been deleted.
All was well until the last reboot when I appeared to have lost Klauncher because my AWN panel did not launch and the message said Klauncher could not be found - Huh???
I looked for it in Synaptic but, couldn't find it - had it been removed somehow?
I also lost the ability to Shutdown, Restart or LogOut using any of the three Graphical methods I had.
I manually powered down the machine and rebooted and found the same problems. Oh well I thought another attempt at using KDE Desktop up the Swanny. I have never successfully used the KDE Desktop without some sort of crash but, this time was looking really good...
I did a clean install of Ultimate Edition and opted as usual to delete the parttiion and format it for Ext 4 and have / mount point as always. The install went well and I had the usual warning about overwriting the partition, etc and accepted as always. the system installed without fault - I say without fault but, when I got through to the Desktop I found my old Gnome Desktop settings I had before the KDE Desktop from the last install??? WHY???
The only thing that may have been done differently this time would maybe be the Install updates from the Internet during install was selected. I don't usually do this. I am now going to reinstall as I also lost the ability to access the Internet. the system can see the ISP settings but, I have no icon on the top panel. I am writing this report from my other stable install of Ultimate Edition 2.8 which uses the Gnome Desktop.
If anyone has ideas as to why I have had any of these problems I welcome their input - especially why my old Gnome settings were picked up when they should have been deleted.