| Summary: | Unable to BOOT after installing kde | ||
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| Product: | [I don't know] kde | Reporter: | php4fan |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM | ||
| Severity: | critical | CC: | nate |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Ubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Plasma desktop | ||
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Description
php4fan
2020-07-18 14:53:43 UTC
Please try: > sudo apt install plasma-desktop Or: > sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop $ sudo apt-get install plasma-desktop [sudo] password for teo: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done plasma-desktop is already the newest version (4:5.18.5-0ubuntu0.1). plasma-desktop set to manually installed. Created attachment 130246 [details]
Plasma desktop
I forgot: after the initial report, I also tried logging out from Cinnamon and logging in again with Plasma. I attach a screenshot of the desktop I logged in to. I had to take a photo because screenshot wouldn't work. The garbage on screen would randomly change every once in a while 1. Do you see any error message in dmesg? 2. What GPU are you using? 3. If you run Kubuntu and/or KDE neon Live CDs, is the graphics issue still present? Sounds like you should consult an ubuntu-specific forum. None of these issues are caused by KDE software itself but rather pertain to packaging and installation topics. I don't think that installing Kubuntu on top of regular ubuntu is something that the Ubuntu folks specifically support. It's possible, but tricky--as you're discovering. :) You might want to re-install with Kubuntu itself if you want to get things up and running fastest. > I don't think that installing Kubuntu on top of regular ubuntu is something that the > Ubuntu folks specifically support That's why at first I installed kde-standard. That bricked my computer, and 2wxsy58236r3@opayq.com suggested: > Please try: > sudo apt install plasma-desktop > Or: > sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop The first did nothing, as it was a subset of what I had already installed. The second actually work. That is, installing kubuntu on top of regular ubuntu was the one thing that worked. Right, that's the correct way to do it. I have no idea what the "kde-standard" package in Ubuntu contains so I'm not super surprised that installing it broke stuff. > Right, that's the correct way to do it. Well, then that's an issue on its own. I only wanted to try out a minimal KDE Plasma desktop environment, just like I'm trying out Cinnamon. That is, at the login screen, to be able to select KDE Plasma to log in with. I didn't want to "transform" my Ubuntu into Kubuntu, or to install a huge lot of bloated packages, and I certainly didn't want to change my boot splash screen. If there is no way to install a reasonably minimal installation of the desktop environment, then that's an issue. This is where I got the idea that installing kde-standard seemed to be what I needed: https://itsfoss.com/install-kde-on-ubuntu/ > I have no idea what the "kde-standard" package in Ubuntu contains so I'm not super > surprised that installing it broke stuff. I am not "super surprised" either because I wouldn't be super surprised if a fresh install of Ubuntu on a brand-new laptop out of the top of the list of suggested hardware crashed at boot. However, surprising or not, it is definitely not ok that merely installing a package would brick your computer without warning. |