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  • Mageia 8 - Windows manager changed to another

    From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Fri Dec 30 15:09:29 2022
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    From: Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net>
    Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mageia
    Subject: Mageia 8 - Windows manager changed to another

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    I left the computer running some tasks and went to sleep. When I went to
    use the computer again there was just a completely black screen with
    just the pointer arrow showing. It responded to mouse movements and
    nothing else.

    I restarted the computer, the window manager was changed from KDE to an
    unknown window manager.

    I created a user but the window manager did not change back to KDE.

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    Gilberto F da Silva


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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Fri Dec 30 17:27:55 2022
    On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 10:09:29 -0500, Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:
    I left the computer running some tasks and went to sleep. When I went to
    use the computer again there was just a completely black screen with
    just the pointer arrow showing. It responded to mouse movements and
    nothing else.

    I restarted the computer, the window manager was changed from KDE to an unknown window manager.

    I created a user but the window manager did not change back to KDE.

    Sounds like kde plasma is failing to start so it's falling back to icewm.
    Right click on the desktop for the menu iirc.

    Reboot, at the login screen double check the "Session" and make sure it's
    set to Plasma, and then login.

    If it still starts icewm instead, open a terminal from the desktop menu and check the output of "journalctl -b --no-hostname" for obvious errors.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From Gilberto F da Silva@2:250/1 to All on Sun Jan 1 18:11:10 2023
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    From: Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net>
    Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mageia
    Subject: Re: Mageia 8 - Windows manager changed to another
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    David W. Hodgins escreveu:
    On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 10:09:29 -0500, Gilberto F da Silva
    <gfs1989@gmx.net> wrote:
    I left the computer running some tasks and went to sleep. When I went =
    to
    use the computer again there was just a completely black screen with
    just the pointer arrow showing. It responded to mouse movements and
    nothing else.

    I restarted the computer, the window manager was changed from KDE to a=
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    unknown window manager.

    I created a user but the window manager did not change back to KDE.
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    Sounds like kde plasma is failing to start so it's falling back to icew=
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    Right click on the desktop for the menu iirc.
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    Reboot, at the login screen double check the "Session" and make sure it=
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    set to Plasma, and then login.
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    If it still starts icewm instead, open a terminal from the desktop menu=
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    check the output of "journalctl -b --no-hostname" for obvious errors.

    I did what you indicated. A huge amount of text appeared and a line in red said to try to reinstall Qt. Using only "qt" with urpmi got no
    result. I would need to know the exact package name. I ended up doing it
    the rough way, I reinstalled Mageia 8.


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    Gilberto F da Silva


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