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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Does Everyone's Activities replicate?
From:       John Andersen <jsamyth () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-09-17 22:19:37
Message-ID: 4C93E979.3080104 () gmail ! com
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On 9/17/2010 2:14 PM, John Andersen wrote:
> On 9/17/2010 1:28 PM, phanisvara das wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 18, 2010 01:11:22 John Andersen wrote:
>>> I was hoping to avoid the Delete All thingie again, on the assumption that
>>> this bug would not still be there in 4.5.1 (its been 2 years).
>>>
>>> I have done that deletion in the past and the problem simply returns
>>> over time.  It seems the problem is that current state info is store
>>> in those files as well as configuration info.  This means i cant
>>> set them immutable and be done with this problem.
>>
>> if you've carried your plasma configuration through various updates, i'd suspect 
>> that the root for this problem comes from some earlier setup. i'd rename 
>> everything plasma* in the config directory, start new (again), and try out if and 
>> how that works. i have neither experienced this problem recently, nor have i heard 
>> of others who have. some time ago this used to be a frequent complaint. chances 
>> are it has been solved by now.
>>
>> --
>> phani.
> 
> 
> Not solved.
> 
> I logged out.
> 
> Logged into a shell as root, nuked those files you mentioned.
> Logged back in to a stock OpenSuse desktop.
> Right clicked, selected Activities and there they ALL were again.
> Now well over 100 different activities on the display.
> 
> What an incredible mess.
> 
> 

It appears that in addition to deleting plasma* you have to
get rid of activitymanagerrc in that same directory and also
get rid of the contents of .kde4/share/apps/plasma-desktop/activities/*

Now to re-configure and see how long it lasts.


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