MX-19.2 KDE Beta 2 Feedback Thread

[leslie1017]

My desktop disappear for each reboot, no panel, right click on desktop shows nothing:


I have to do below instructions to get it back:
leslie@leslie-desktop ~ $ killall plasmashell
plasmashell: no process found
leslie@leslie-desktop ~ $ plasmashell &
[1] 5064

[tony37]

@ leslie: are you still using your old /home config files?

[leslie1017]

Every time I click the "software updater" on system tray, the panel and desktop becomes not click able and requires plasmashell restart:

[leslie1017]

@ leslie: are you still using your old /home config files?

Yes, this system is my daily use one, I can't switch my home folder, need lots of configuration for other software in my home directory

[richb]

Every time I click the "software updater" on system tray, the panel and desktop becomes not click able and requires plasmashell restart:
https://i.loli.net/2020/08/05/OK8YHEkxG6ilz1f.png

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[leslie1017]

Every time I click the "software updater" on system tray, the panel and desktop becomes not click able and requires plasmashell restart:
https://i.loli.net/2020/08/05/OK8YHEkxG6ilz1f.png

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[richb]

Every time I click the "software updater" on system tray, the panel and desktop becomes not click able and requires plasmashell restart:
https://i.loli.net/2020/08/05/OK8YHEkxG6ilz1f.png

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[tony37]

@ leslie: are you still using your old /home config files?

Yes, this system is my daily use one, I can't switch my home folder, need lots of configuration for other software in my home directory

It's very likely all your problems are caused by version conflicts in the config files, so you'll have to find a way to keep the config files you want and get rid of the other ones. But you'll have to reinstall MX KDE anyway as the beta apparently won't be upgraded, so what you can do then (there may be other options) is to transform your current /home folder into a separate data partition and have your /home folder (on the new install) on the same partition as /. Then you link the folders you want to use from your old /home to your new /home (you may have to delete some newly created folders first) and that's about it. And also put your data partition in /etc/fstab, so it is mounted at boot, for example at /mnt/data.

I suspect you're seeing a lot of problems because you have downgraded your Plasma from a newer version to 5.14, and the newer version will have put stuff in the config files that the older version isn't programmed to understand.

[asqwerth]

I have Kubuntu 20.04 installed. I want to replace it with MX KDE Beta, and keep my home directory.
1 Is this tantamount to suicide?
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shmuel@shmuel-Kubuntu:~$ inxi -F
System:
  Host: shmuel-Kubuntu Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.5 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) 
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Please read the post below above, from this same thread: viewtopic.php?p=590497#p590497

Even if you wait for the RC or Final release, there are no guarantees that there won't be conflicts in config settings between Kubuntu 20.04's Plasma 5.18 and Debian Buster's 5.14.

Your system may not self destruct, but you may face little niggling issues without being able to figure out why.

[leslie1017]

@ leslie: are you still using your old /home config files?

Yes, this system is my daily use one, I can't switch my home folder, need lots of configuration for other software in my home directory

It's very likely all your problems are caused by version conflicts in the config files, so you'll have to find a way to keep the config files you want and get rid of the other ones. But you'll have to reinstall MX KDE anyway as the beta apparently won't be upgraded, so what you can do then (there may be other options) is to transform your current /home folder into a separate data partition and have your /home folder (on the new install) on the same partition as /. Then you link the folders you want to use from your old /home to your new /home (you may have to delete some newly created folders first) and that's about it. And also put your data partition in /etc/fstab, so it is mounted at boot, for example at /mnt/data.

I suspect you're seeing a lot of problems because you have downgraded your Plasma from a newer version to 5.14, and the newer version will have put stuff in the config files that the older version isn't programmed to understand.

Is there any plasma/kde log to look for what error occured?