[SOLVED] .config file problem

[pookito]

Hey there, I have not posted here in a while.

I giving kubuntu OS another try. I transferred the .config file from my previous installation which was ElementaryOS. Since then, most icons do not want to load, even when I change the themes and icons from the setting manager, but those icons including the star manu icon, does not show up.

Any help on how to solve it?

Thank you.

[chimak111]

Just to be clear, are you referring to the ~/.config folder? If you've done that, maybe you overwrote essential Kubuntu config files?

[pookito]

@chimak111, yep, that was exactly what I did, I was thinking maybe deleting something of that folder probably the icons or something and the OS will reconfigure it again?

[GreyGeek]

Open a Konsole and issue

rm ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc

then log out and log back in. Your plasma-desktop environment will be recreated with the default settings.

This problem is exactly why creating backups before doing fancy tricks is an absolute must. Assuming your are using EXT4 you should install TimeShift and create a backup of your home account. It will default to rsync, which is used to backup the EXT4 file system. IF you were ever so lucky as to choose BTRFS for your root filesystem then set TimeShift to use BTRFS and continue on. As penance for not creating a backup recite "Hail Linus Torvolds!" three times, then go and sin no more!

[jlittle]

As you address these problems, bear in mind the icon cache in ~/.cache/icon-cache.kcache. One can fix a problem and still get screwed up icons because they've come out of the cache. IME logging out and back in, or restarting, does not clear this cache. It can be deleted at any time.

[pookito]

Thanks guys. I did that. Well, I made a backup of the .config folder, meaning I renamed it. I reboot it my system and then logging in, it went back to normal with everything. I also decided to only move the files or folders that I needed, individually from the .config directory. As usual, most appreciated.

pookito.

[pookito]

Hey guys, remind me again, how I mark this thread as SOLVED?

Thank you.

[Snowhog]

Top of the page. Click on Thread Tools and select Mark this thread as solved...

[pookito]

Thanks @snowhog, I noticed it at the end of the conversation.