From: unruh@invalid.ca
On 2018-08-20, Elvish wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:58:23 +0000, William Unruh wrote:
>
>> On 2018-08-18, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2018-08-18 07:32, Elvish wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> I'll try to be more clear. The babble is all about this being my first
>>>> successful experience with plasma since it was first adopted by SUSE,
>>>> and I've been really enjoying having it work as well as it ever has
>>>> for me, but I still keep Mate installed just in case.
>>>>
>>>> Sure enough, in Plasma, I screwed up and deleted two trash folders,
>>>> the one on the desktop and the one in the list in the "computer"
>>>> column (in Mate) on the left column, headed PLACES btw.
>>>>
>>>> I couldn't find anything re 15 and this problem, and I can't find any
>>>> way to recover the folders. When I delete something in Plasma, it
>>>> deletes, but disappears, yet shows up in the Mate trash folders as you
>>>> would expect.
>>>>
>>>> The only near fix I've read online is create another user, but that
>>>> seems not to be as simple as I'd like it to be. Of course, I could
>>>> re-install the whole system, but I'd rather use Mate than go through
>>>> the hassle of installing all my software again.
>>>
>>> Creating a new user is far easier than install again.
>>>
>>> An alternative is to delete all the plasma config directories, but as I
>>> don't use plasma I'm unsure which they are.
>>>
>>> Also reinstalling might not work on openSUSE, because /home is a
>>> separate partition and normally not re-formatted on install.
>>>
>>>
>>> On other desktops, recreating the missing file might repair the issue,
>>> but with plasma I wouldn't know.
>>>
>>> A possibility is creating a new user, login using plasma, log out, then
>>> compare (probably in text mode) the created directories and files, then
>>> copy the structure over to the old user (using 'mc').
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, what I would try first is to create the file I mentioned in
>> Desktop and see if that works. Then if it does not, you can try to go
>> the new user route. I am sure that it is possible to recreated it, but I
>> must admit I do not know how at present.
>
> Didn't try your fix, but I did try creating a new user. That didn't work
> well, lots of problems, such as task bar not working, widgets not staying
> where set, eg insisting on being on the left side. Also both internet
> browsers (Firefox and Opera) acting up like not saving open pages when
> set to do so, and more. The new user also affected my Mate installation
> too, sadly.
The purpose of the new user was not to use that as your logon, but to
see what it did about the Trash container.
>
> Finally gave up today and re-installed. It's about a 5 hour job with both
> Plasma and Mate in and all my software installed. Not such a sacrifice,
And yet you did not try to install the simple little file I suggested.
Strange.
> as I have lots of time. I'm a SUSE fan since version 7, and it pleases me
> greatly to finally have Plasma working properly. It never has since
> adopted really worked well for me until now, the first release unusable,
> eg. Thus the use of Mate as a backup. I have Ubuntu Mate installed on
> several other machines, but the SUSE software is my favorite.
>
> Now, if I can just avoid making a bonehead move like deleting my trash
> bin and folder. I don't make many such mistakes, but it WOULD happen
> after I finally found Plasma really usable. Murphy's Law in effect.
>
> Your suggestions much appreciated of course. There doesn't seem to be
> much written online about fixes for 15 yet, this one is for you memory
> bank in case it happens to another user. I know you and Carlos are always
> watching and helping. Cheers!
>
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