On Wednesday 23 January 2008 06:30:35 david wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > I'm getting a bit worried about this laptop, as it seems to have a few > > problems not seen on any other computers on the LAN. For instance, if I > > log out > End Session it freezes on a blank screen. > > > > The laptop has had a hard-drive replacement. Before it went back to the > > manufacturer I made a backup of all data and config files. All my .kde > > folder was copied back. The old drive had Mandriva 2007.1 and the new > > one has Mandriva 2008. Does anyone know whether there have been any > > significant changes that would cause problems if the old config file is > > being used? > > I'm using old config file, but not Mandriva, and often have that > problem. Sometimes it works fine if I sit there moving the mouse around. > Sometimes it returns to my text login screen, with various error > messages being displayed about fontconfig or "Bad Window" messages from > KDE. All in all, I blame the increasingly-faulty quality control of the > KDE team. I don't think that's a fair comment. I have always avoided upgrades, knowing that problems like this can occur. Copying those files across like that is much the same as doing an upgrade. Unfortunately I broke my own rule, and didn't back up the original .kde folder. What I'd really like to do is to back up the current one and get a clean .kde folder again, so that I can reinstate only the essential folders, such as mail. Anne
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