Version: (using KDE 4.0.1) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux I have installed KDE$ version 4.01 KDE 4.0.x>=20080201 "release 12.1" from the openSUSE web site using their "1 click" install. The screen shows properly with all of the widgets but ther is no panel at the bottom. The start button and everything else is missing. Thanks... Tom.
this is either an installation or packaging problem; it works fine in upstream sources. if you have a ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc file, try stopping plasma (kquitapp plasma), removing that file and then trying again. there was a bug in 4.0.0 that could lead to panel loss due if a crash occured at just the "right" (or, rather, wrong ;) time resulting in an incomplete configuration save. that has been fixed, however, and is the only thing i'm aware of that was in the plasma codebase that was creating such a problem.
Thanks. That did the trick. Note that the file was in .kde4 and not .kde. I renamed it and on starting KDE4, the panel appeared. Tom.
*** Bug 161030 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I've tried this (with .kde4) and it still doesn't work, even after logging out, restarting the X server and logging back in. I'm using Kubuntu Hardy Heron. Request that this bug be reopened.
no, because the bug has been fixed. there's no point in opening a bug that's been fixed just because you aren't using a version with the fix in it =)
Then what do I need to do to get the fix, given that I'm using Kubuntu?