black screen(solved)
 

On 10/11/2012 06:01 PM, Errol Sapir wrote:



On 10/11/2012 04:44 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:

On 11/10/12 10:37, Errol Sapir wrote:

Tried that to no avail. I think the problem is one of the settings of
the desktop because if I go into "repair" mode and then go to command
line and type startx, the gui desktop comes up. It isn't "my" desktop,
just an empty plain gui KDE desktop. When login in "normally" the
desktop starts to appear after typing my password and then goes black.
It is though a black cover has been formed over the desktop because
all the programs work with ALT/F2 and the typing the name of the
program. All this time the mouse curser is visible and is movable but
clicking anywhere on the screen does nothing until I use ALT/F2 and
then I can type in the name of any program and click on the list that
appears to operate the program. The mouse and keyboard work perfectly
on any program opened.
There is also no panel visible at any time and if I minimize a program
it disappears "under" the black screen.
Errol

On 10/10/2012 02:22 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:

On 10/10/12 10:57, Errol Sapir wrote:

Thanks for the info utek and Miriam. I tried that but that doesn't
seem to be the problem. The plasma-desktop goes black when logging in.
Black (with nothing else visible on the screen) seem to have become
the default colour, "covering" everything on the old desktop. I have
gone into display and changed themes to no avail.
As I said I can operate anything from "run", including settings, and
basically any program I type in. They all come up as they did before
this problem arose.

[...........]

When logging in, before typing in your password, click on the
'spanner' tool and select plasma desktop and then finish logging in.
There is a quirk which fails to start the plasma desktop when you have
upgraded KDE but after you do what I just suggested the problem
disappears.

BC


It would be very nice if you did not top-post.....

Then I suggest that you rename /.kde4 directory in your home to, say,
/.kde4-old so that it is recreated when you reboot and login again.

BTW, which video card are you using and do you have the latest driver
for it installed (and I don't mean the nouveau, default, driver if you
have a nVidia card)?

BC



Sorry about the top posting. I never remember which forums want top and
which want bottom.
I have an external card and I don't know if the drivers are the latest.
I'll look into it. I'll also try the /.KDE-old and report back. Thanks
for the advice.
Errol

Basil Thanks! Your suggestion to build a new KDE directory solved the
problem. The gui is working fine, a few tweaks to get my desktop back to
what it was and I'm away.

Thanks all who gave advice as well.
Errol

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black screen(solved)
 

On 12/10/12 22:57, Errol Sapir wrote:



On 10/11/2012 06:01 PM, Errol Sapir wrote:



On 10/11/2012 04:44 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:

[.........]



It would be very nice if you did not top-post.....

Then I suggest that you rename /.kde4 directory in your home to, say,
/.kde4-old so that it is recreated when you reboot and login again.

BTW, which video card are you using and do you have the latest driver
for it installed (and I don't mean the nouveau, default, driver if you
have a nVidia card)?

BC



Sorry about the top posting. I never remember which forums want top and
which want bottom.
I have an external card and I don't know if the drivers are the latest.
I'll look into it. I'll also try the /.KDE-old and report back. Thanks
for the advice.
Errol

Basil Thanks! Your suggestion to build a new KDE directory solved the
problem. The gui is working fine, a few tweaks to get my desktop back
to what it was and I'm away.

Thanks all who gave advice as well.
Errol


Great! All now working (apart from the obvious tweaks following the
creation of the new directory).


BTW, another tip: when upgrading to a new version of a distro, do not
use the old /home - it will contain baggage which you do not want in the
new install. Make a backup of /home to another HD and then only copy
across to the new install those directories which you cannot do without
- eg, Documents, Pictures, Video, whatever.


BC

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