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Yuri K. Shatroff wrote: |
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> Hi guys, |
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> 12.04.2016 08:38, Dale wrote: |
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>> Howdy, |
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>> Well, I went and did it. |
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> So I went and did it, too. |
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> Thank gods I made a backup. After emerging plasma-meta which wasn't |
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> too easy because of dependency hell with eg networkmanager (Use-flag |
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> on plasma-meta was off but it turned out that another dependency |
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> (`plasma-workspace`) has a quite irrelevant use-flag (`geolocation`) |
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> which pulls in networkmanager) and ruby and all, I just got a black |
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> screen with a sole mouse pointer. When I click mouse buttons, it |
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> flickers and shows a glimpse of what the desktop should be, but then |
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> again switches to black screen. I tried to remove ~/.kde4 but nothing |
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> effectively changed. |
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> Thanks but No thanks, I prefer to restore my backup. Not gonna repeat |
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> this at home. |
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I'm not sure on where you got the black screen. If it is when X |
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started, did you switch to sddm or some other compatible display |
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manager? The old kdm isn't supported and from what I read, doesn't |
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work. That may explain the black screen. |
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If it after you login, did you select the write session? At first, I |
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wasn't sure which one to pick. There is a couple at least KDE related. |
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I think I had one that said plasma and one that said KDE wayland. I |
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have seen wayland talked about and tried it but I got a black screen. I |
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had to restart xdm to reset it. Then I chose plasma from the list and |
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it worked. So, make sure you pick the right one. |
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I might add, I don't solely depend on KDE for my desktop. I have |
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Fluxbox and some other one as a backup. If for some reason KDE doesn't |
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work, I use one of the backup desktops to get help. Sometimes, it can |
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be something simple to fix which is better than losing everything that |
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was already done. For me, it doesn't matter what that backup is as long |
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as my web browser and email program will run and is usable. If I have |
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that, I can google and if needed post on this list for help. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |