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KDE desktop missing

Hi all I am running The Sarge distro of Debian or the testing distro, it came with KDE 3.1.x but when I logged into KDE with both the user and root accounts I am missing the desktop itself. I have the panel and can access all apps and file manager, but I have no desktop. the background stays the same as the logon screen background, there are no icons on the background I cannot put anything on the background I can change desktop settings nothng changes. If I load up other filemanager like icewm I get the same thing. only enlightenment gave me a desktop background. I am wondering if anyone knows how to rectify this I very much like having a desktop to work with, and I love sarge and KDE 3.1 but I would like to have a desktop.

--Alex

From what I know, it could be two things:

1. Everything's normal, KDE just has desktop icons disabled. To rectifiy this issue simply right-click on your desktop then "Configure Desktop" --> "Behavior" --> Check "Enable icons on desktop"
2. It may be more likely that kdesktop is not running at all (or may not be able to run). This would make more sense, since the login background is your wallpaper as well. Check kpm to see if kdesktop is running, and if not, run "kdesktop" from a konsole and see what happens. If it crashes, that may be the prob.

Re: KDE desktop missing

Quote:

Originally posted by scheidel21
Hi all I am running The Sarge distro of Debian or the testing distro, it came with KDE 3.1.x but when I logged into KDE with both the user and root accounts I am missing the desktop itself. I have the panel and can access all apps and file manager, but I have no desktop. the background stays the same as the logon screen background, there are no icons on the background I cannot put anything on the background I can change desktop settings nothng changes. If I load up other filemanager like icewm I get the same thing. only enlightenment gave me a desktop background. I am wondering if anyone knows how to rectify this I very much like having a desktop to work with, and I love sarge and KDE 3.1 but I would like to have a desktop.

--Alex

Here's what I have installed you may want to see if you have any missing packages.

Code:

HappyTux:/var/cache/apt/archives# COLUMNS=125 dpkg -l | grep 3.1.[34]

ii  ark                      3.1.4-1                  KDE archiving tool

ii  gawk                      3.1.3-2                  GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language

ii  kaddressbook              3.1.4-1                  KDE NG addressbook application

ii  kappfinder                3.1.3-1                  KDE Application Finder

ii  kate                      3.1.3-1                  KDE Advanced Text Editor

ii  kcontrol                  3.1.3-1                  KDE Control Center

ii  kdeartwork-theme-desktop  3.1.4-2                  Dummy upgrade package for official KDE desktop themes

ii  kdeartwork-theme-icon    3.1.4-2                  icon themes released with KDE

ii  kdebase                  3.1.3-1                  KDE Base metapackage

ii  kdebase-bin              3.1.3-1                  KDE Base (binaries)

ii  kdebase-data              3.1.3-1                  KDE Base (shared data)

ii  kdebase-kio-plugins      3.1.3-1                  KDE I/O Slaves

ii  kdelibs                  3.1.4-3                  KDE core libraries metapackage

ii  kdelibs-bin              3.1.4-3                  KDE core binaries

ii  kdelibs-data              3.1.4-3                  KDE core shared data

ii  kdelibs4                  3.1.4-3                  KDE core libraries

ii  kdepim-libs              3.1.4-1                  KDE PIM libraries

ii  kdeprint                  3.1.3-1                  KDE Print

ii  kdesktop                  3.1.3-1                  KDE Desktop

ii  kdewallpapers            3.1.4-2                  wallpapers released with KDE

ii  kdm                      3.1.4-1                  KDE Display Manager

ii  kfind                    3.1.3-1                  KDE File Find Utility

ii  kget                      3.1.4-1                  KDE Download Manager

ii  kghostview                3.1.4-1                  PostScript viewer for KDE

ii  khelpcenter              3.1.3-1                  KDE Help Center

ii  kicker                    3.1.3-1                  KDE Desktop Panel

ii  klipper                  3.1.3-1                  KDE Clipboard

ii  kmail                    3.1.4-1                  KDE Email client

ii  kmailcvt                  3.1.4-1                  KDE KMail addressbook converter

ii  kmenuedit                3.1.3-1                  KDE Menu Editor

ii  kompare                  3.1.4-3                  a KDE GUI for viewing differences between files

ii  konqueror                3.1.3-1                  KDE's advanced File Manager,

yea, kdesktop was not running, it wan't even installed. I tried to install it and apt said that it couldn't install all of the dependancies. so I am at a loss Ill just have to keep trying thanks guys.

--Alex

Quote:

Originally posted by scheidel21
yea, kdesktop was not running, it wan't even installed. I tried to install it and apt said that it couldn't install all of the dependancies. so I am at a loss Ill just have to keep trying thanks guys.

--Alex

Post the output of apt-cache policy kdesktop and apt-get -s install kdesktop and the output of the grep command I used above it should not be that hard to get installed.

well prior to arrival back here I reinstalled sarge, and this time I installed all extra packages with apt-get, because last time when I used aptitude, that was when I lost the kdesktop because it removed a whole bunch of files the default desktop environment in tasksel installed. But I thank you for all the help nonetheless

--Alex