Version: (using KDE 4.2.1) Compiler: gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu12) 4.3.2 OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages After entering login name and password I see the appearing icons, showing the load process, and I hear the startup sound. Then I see the black screen and the mouse cursor, and nothing else. ~/.xsession-errors contains nothing about plasma: search though the file for 'plasma' shows 'string noyt found'. If I press Alt-F2 and enter 'plasma', then it starts.
plasma is started using an autostart .desktop file. please ensure this is properly installed. ask in the kubuntu help forums if you need user support in doing this.
Yes, the plasma.desktop was missing.
However, this means that the package kdebase-workspace-data 4:4.2.1a-0ubuntu1~intrepid3 is missing some necessary files. I've taken the missing file from the respective package for KDE 4.1.4.
Hello! Plasma 4 was replaced by Plasma 5 four years ago by the KDE community. In that time we have made great strides in stability and functionality. We are closing all Plasma 4 bugs as most of them are no longer applicable to the new frameworks Plasma 5 is built upon. If you could, please re-test with the latest version of Plasma 5, and submit a new bug to "plasmashell" if you continue to have an issue. Thank you!