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    HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

    I installed ubuntu 11.04.Unhappy with Unity, I installed all the kde/kubuntu packges, and updated to kde 4.7 All went fine, been using for a few weeks.

    Today I boot up and after the KDM login I get nothing but the default plasma wallpaper and an instance of Chromium. I have no window manager, so I can't resize or move this window. I have no taskbar, no launcher, none of my widgets, NOTHING. Just the oxygen wallpaper and a chromium with no window manager.

    The only recent change was last night I was annoyed that Thunderbird kept launching Chrome instead of Chromium, my default browser. So I removed chrome. Then it started using firefox. So I removed firefox (all this in synaptic).

    Load my computer today and now it's in this state.
    ps -ef |grep kwin and |grep plasma
    show NOTHING running with those names. (I used ctrl-alt-f1 to get to a shell).
    I tried renaming my ~/.kde to ~/.kde-back and rebooting and no change, and no new .kde was created.

    tail -100 of /var/log/kdm.log:
    ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

    X.Org X Server 1.10.1
    Release Date: 2011-04-15
    X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
    Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu
    Current Operating System: Linux jb0nez-FX6831 2.6.38-11-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 19:02:55 UTC 2011 x86_64
    Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=fd8c0c5a-7336-496b-843a-5e6eebab4b37 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
    Build Date: 11 August 2011 03:43:05PM
    xorg-server 2:1.10.1-1ubuntu1.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
    Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
    Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Aug 30 07:27:41 2011
    (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
    (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
    (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
    (EE) USB USB Keykoard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
    klauncher(1400) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
    kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
    kdmgreet(1195)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed: "Not connected to D-Bus server"

    kdmgreet(1195)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): No time zone information obtained from ktimezoned
    ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

    X.Org X Server 1.10.1
    Release Date: 2011-04-15
    X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
    Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu
    Current Operating System: Linux jb0nez-FX6831 2.6.38-11-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 19:02:55 UTC 2011 x86_64
    Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=fd8c0c5a-7336-496b-843a-5e6eebab4b37 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
    Build Date: 11 August 2011 03:43:05PM
    xorg-server 2:1.10.1-1ubuntu1.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
    Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
    Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Aug 30 11:01:03 2011
    (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
    (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
    (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
    (EE) USB USB Keykoard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
    klauncher(1402) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
    kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
    kdmgreet(1358)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed: "Not connected to D-Bus server"

    kdmgreet(1358)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): No time zone information obtained from ktimezoned
    ===================
    tail -100 of /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
    [ 17.230] (--) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: Found 20 mouse buttons
    [ 17.230] (--) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
    [ 17.230] (--) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: Found relative axes
    [ 17.230] (--) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
    [ 17.230] (II) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: Configuring as mouse
    [ 17.230] (II) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
    [ 17.230] (**) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
    [ 17.230] (**) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
    [ 17.230] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input2/event2"
    [ 17.230] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Gaming Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
    [ 17.230] (II) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
    [ 17.230] (**) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    [ 17.230] (**) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
    [ 17.230] (**) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
    [ 17.230] (**) Logitech USB Gaming Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
    [ 17.230] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Gaming Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
    [ 17.230] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
    [ 17.231] (II) config/udev: Adding input device USB USB Keykoard (/dev/input/event3)
    [ 17.231] (**) USB USB Keykoard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
    [ 17.231] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'USB USB Keykoard'
    [ 17.231] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
    [ 17.231] (**) USB USB Keykoard: always reports core events
    [ 17.231] (**) USB USB Keykoard: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
    [ 17.360] (--) USB USB Keykoard: Found keys
    [ 17.360] (II) USB USB Keykoard: Configuring as keyboard
    [ 17.360] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/input/input3/event3"
    [ 17.360] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB USB Keykoard" (type: KEYBOARD)
    [ 17.360] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    [ 17.360] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
    [ 17.360] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
    [ 17.360] (II) config/udev: Adding input device USB USB Keykoard (/dev/input/event5)
    [ 17.360] (**) USB USB Keykoard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
    [ 17.360] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'USB USB Keykoard'
    [ 17.360] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
    [ 17.360] (**) USB USB Keykoard: always reports core events
    [ 17.360] (**) USB USB Keykoard: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
    [ 17.470] (--) USB USB Keykoard: Found 1 mouse buttons
    [ 17.470] (--) USB USB Keykoard: Found scroll wheel(s)
    [ 17.470] (--) USB USB Keykoard: Found relative axes
    [ 17.470] (--) USB USB Keykoard: Found absolute axes
    [ 17.470] (II) evdev-grail: failed to open grail, no gesture support
    [ 17.470] (--) USB USB Keykoard: Found keys
    [ 17.470] (II) USB USB Keykoard: Configuring as mouse
    [ 17.470] (II) USB USB Keykoard: Configuring as keyboard
    [ 17.470] (II) USB USB Keykoard: Adding scrollwheel support
    [ 17.470] (**) USB USB Keykoard: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
    [ 17.470] (**) USB USB Keykoard: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
    [ 17.470] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.1/input/input5/event5"
    [ 17.470] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB USB Keykoard" (type: KEYBOARD)
    [ 17.470] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    [ 17.470] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
    [ 17.470] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
    [ 17.470] (EE) USB USB Keykoard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
    [ 17.470] (II) USB USB Keykoard: initialized for absolute axes.
    [ 17.470] (**) USB USB Keykoard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    [ 17.470] (**) USB USB Keykoard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
    [ 17.470] (**) USB USB Keykoard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
    [ 17.470] (**) USB USB Keykoard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
    [ 17.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Headphone (/dev/input/event4)
    [ 17.472] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
    [ 17.506] (II) fglrx(0): Restoring Recent Mode via PCS is not supported in RANDR 1.2 capable environments
    [ 132.650] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 132.650] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 132.687] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    [ 162.074] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 162.275] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):
    [ 162.420] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
    [ 168.080] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 168.080] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 168.117] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    [ 401.797] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 402.000] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):
    [ 402.166] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
    [ 754.950] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 754.950] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 754.986] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    [ 775.405] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 775.604] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):
    [ 775.760] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
    [ 827.403] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 827.404] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 827.440] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    [ 833.765] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 833.967] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):
    [ 834.140] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
    [ 957.550] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 957.551] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 957.595] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    [ 998.677] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 998.866] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):
    [ 999.050] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
    [ 1049.330] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 1049.331] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 1049.377] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    [ 1058.749] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 1058.947] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled(II) fglrx(0):
    [ 1059.100] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
    [ 1117.484] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 1117.484] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
    [ 1117.520] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
    ===============================================

    tail of /var/log/syslog:
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 dhclient: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.0.69 from 192.168.0.1
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.0.69 on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 dhclient: DHCPACK of 192.168.0.69 from 192.168.0.1
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 dhclient: bound to 192.168.0.69 -- renewal in 2147483648 seconds.
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> (eth0): DHCPv4 state changed preinit -> bound
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) scheduled...
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) started...
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> address 192.168.0.69
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> gateway 192.168.0.1
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> nameserver '192.168.0.1'
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> domain name 'hawaii.rr.com'
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Scheduling stage 5
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled...
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Done scheduling stage 5
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP4 Configure Get) complete.
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started...
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 avahi-daemon[832]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.69.
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 avahi-daemon[832]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.
    Aug 30 11:01:06 jb0nez-FX6831 avahi-daemon[832]: Registering new address record for 192.168.0.69 on eth0.IPv4.
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 17.592781] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1392) terminated with status 1
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> (eth0): device state change: 7 -> 8 (reason 0)
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated.
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 NetworkManager[834]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.
    Aug 30 11:01:07 jb0nez-FX6831 kdm_greet[1358]: Cannot load /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face: No such file or directory
    Aug 30 11:01:08 jb0nez-FX6831 avahi-daemon[832]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::92fb:a6ff:fe2f:b02.
    Aug 30 11:01:08 jb0nez-FX6831 avahi-daemon[832]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv6 for mDNS.
    Aug 30 11:01:08 jb0nez-FX6831 avahi-daemon[832]: Registering new address record for fe80::92fb:a6ff:fe2f:b02 on eth0.*.
    Aug 30 11:01:16 jb0nez-FX6831 ntpdate[1446]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset -0.091276 sec
    Aug 30 11:01:17 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 28.070436] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
    Aug 30 11:01:22 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 33.383929] CE: hpet2 increased min_delta_ns to 7500 nsec
    Aug 30 11:01:22 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 33.383934] CE: hpet2 increased min_delta_ns to 11250 nsec
    Aug 30 11:01:22 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 33.383937] hrtimer: interrupt took 5052 ns
    Aug 30 11:01:26 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Successfully called chroot.
    Aug 30 11:01:26 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Successfully dropped privileges.
    Aug 30 11:01:26 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Successfully limited resources.
    Aug 30 11:01:26 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Running.
    Aug 30 11:01:26 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Watchdog thread running.
    Aug 30 11:01:26 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Canary thread running.
    Aug 30 11:01:27 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Successfully made thread 1626 of process 1626 (n/a) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
    Aug 30 11:01:27 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Supervising 1 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
    Aug 30 11:01:28 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Successfully made thread 1633 of process 1626 (n/a) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
    Aug 30 11:01:28 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Supervising 2 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
    Aug 30 11:01:28 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Successfully made thread 1634 of process 1626 (n/a) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
    Aug 30 11:01:28 jb0nez-FX6831 rtkit-daemon[1628]: Supervising 3 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
    Aug 30 11:01:53 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 63.497126] CE: hpet4 increased min_delta_ns to 7500 nsec
    Aug 30 11:01:53 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 63.497132] CE: hpet4 increased min_delta_ns to 11250 nsec
    Aug 30 11:03:43 jb0nez-FX6831 init: tty1 main process ended, respawning
    Aug 30 11:04:15 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 205.663203] CE: hpet3 increased min_delta_ns to 7500 nsec
    Aug 30 11:04:15 jb0nez-FX6831 kernel: [ 205.663208] CE: hpet3 increased min_delta_ns to 11250 nsec
    =====================================


    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone help me?? I was loving kde 4.7 then this happened out of nowhere!! I can get more log files, I have to open the log files in chromium (file:///var/log/*) then cut and past into here.


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    #2
    Re: HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

    I also tried using adduser to create a new account. When I log in with it, EXACT same problem.

    Is there some way I can make apt-get reinstall all the kde 4.7 stuff? apt-get doesn't seem to have a "reinstall" option.
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      #3
      Re: HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

      sudo apt-get --reinstall install <PACKAGENAME>

      Please Read Me
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        Re: HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

        Thanks! But is there a metapackage to reinstall? When I upgraded kubuntu 11.04 to kde 4.7 I just added some backport repository then did apt-get update then upgrade. Something like 400 packages were installed. If no metapackage, can anyone tell me where the full package list is?
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          Re: HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

          And keep in mind I'm doing this from a command prompt only, I can't launch synaptic or kpackagekit as I have just a web browser on my screen, nothing else.
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            Re: HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

            Originally posted by jb0nez
            And keep in mind I'm doing this from a command prompt only, I can't launch synaptic or kpackagekit as I have just a web browser on my screen, nothing else.
            Does Alt+f2 (krunner) work? If it does, you can use it to launch programs, like "kdesudo synaptic"

            But is there a metapackage to reinstall?
            I'd start with installing/reinstalling 'kubuntu-desktop' it should make sure you have everything that is installed by default.
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              [FIXED] Re: HELP! My desktop and taskbar etc have all disapeared!

              No, alt-f2 wouldn't work, I tried. I was using ctrl-alt-f1 to jump to a prompt to do commands. At the kdm screen I also tried the failsafe mode, no change, and I also tried Cassic mode (since I had normal Ubuntu on here as well) and even that still started KDE with just a single chromium browser open and no window manager or anything else.
              So I reinstalled the meta package, I forget what it was called. kde-full or kde-base or something. Anyway it downloaded and reinstalled all 403MB of KDE 4.7 -- and the exact same problem was still happening after that.

              Since it's a recent install, I just reformatted and clean installed kubuntu 11.04 (instead of Ubuntu 11.04 then putting Kubuntu on top) and now it works fine. I liked having both normal Ubuntu and Kubuntu on my system at once but that must have broken something. KDE 4.7 is sweet, seems very stable, so there's no need for gnome/compiz/etc. on this system I've decided.
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