Hi everybody
I have installed Kubuntu 11.04 in my desktop computer alongside Windows 7 (not within, but each one in its own partition, and kubuntu's /home folder in another partition). After several weeks, I have installed all the software from the repositories (except texlive, which was installed from DVD). I have also added shortcuts to the desktop and to "favorites" (in the KDE menu). The only non-open source software are the "nvidia" driver and oracle's java jdk.
Yesterday, I was moving a pair of files from a Dolphin window to another one. Then, something unsual flickered in the screen, too fast to see it in detail. After that, the configuration for all apps got reset to installation defaults. Just an example: for Firefox, all configuration options are reset, all complements I installed are gone, and all downloaded files in the /home/josedavid/Downloads folder are gone (precisely, the files I was moving were from this folder). After rebooting, the desktop configuration also became reset to installation defaults. However, folders I've manually created in /home/josedavid/ have not been emptied.
As I configured the wastepaper to not be used, the deleted files are not inside it.
I've tried to find help googling in ubuntu, kubuntu and other linux forums, but to no avail.
Anybody has any clue on what might have happened and how might I recover all the erased files and configuration options?
Regards
josedavid
I have installed Kubuntu 11.04 in my desktop computer alongside Windows 7 (not within, but each one in its own partition, and kubuntu's /home folder in another partition). After several weeks, I have installed all the software from the repositories (except texlive, which was installed from DVD). I have also added shortcuts to the desktop and to "favorites" (in the KDE menu). The only non-open source software are the "nvidia" driver and oracle's java jdk.
Yesterday, I was moving a pair of files from a Dolphin window to another one. Then, something unsual flickered in the screen, too fast to see it in detail. After that, the configuration for all apps got reset to installation defaults. Just an example: for Firefox, all configuration options are reset, all complements I installed are gone, and all downloaded files in the /home/josedavid/Downloads folder are gone (precisely, the files I was moving were from this folder). After rebooting, the desktop configuration also became reset to installation defaults. However, folders I've manually created in /home/josedavid/ have not been emptied.
As I configured the wastepaper to not be used, the deleted files are not inside it.
I've tried to find help googling in ubuntu, kubuntu and other linux forums, but to no avail.
Anybody has any clue on what might have happened and how might I recover all the erased files and configuration options?
Regards
josedavid
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