PLASMA CRASHED message and what does it mean? Using 8.10 Kubuntu

[inquiring]

"PLASMA WORKSPACE-The KDE CRASH HANDLER A Fatal Error Occured-the application Plasma Workspace crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV)."

Can/How I correct this to get back into Kubuntu as now I receive this error and after closing the error box the screen goes black and nothing else happens?

Thanks to any and all helping me.

[Nate]

Re: PLASMA CRASHED message and what does it mean? Using 8.10 Kubuntu

You should be able to fix this by typing Alt-F2 and then typing "plasma".

That should restart plasma after it crashes. No need to reboot or log out or anything like that.

[bsoderror]

Re: PLASMA CRASHED message and what does it mean? Using 8.10 Kubuntu

And if Nates suggestion doesn't get it try ctrl-alt-backspace, that should bring you back to a login screen without a reboot/shutdown.