Black screen after instalation of KDE Desktop

12.04 kde

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Solution 1

ok i got solved my issue . the mistake i did is sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-netbook. so its gave me back a blank desktop . but i am using a PC so i have tried with sudo apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop and its worked like charm . i have logout and login and now i have my desktop back .

Solution 2

I have found that this is caused by the KDE menu | system settings | Workspace behavior | Workspace | Workspace Type being set to "netbook".

If you change that setting to Desktop things should work fine.

Of course, this presumes you have a working desktop available to do this- I got a temporary one through using ALT+F2 and typing plasma-desktop in.

If you are stuck on the commandline then go to ~/.kde/share/autostart and remove --desktop from the first line (starting with Exec) of the plasma-netbook.desktop file (or just delete the whole file). Sync, reboot and you should be good.

Solution 3

Had the same problem, but didn't want plasma-desktop as I'm installing on a cutdown netbook. Eventually found

Alt+F2 then type plasma-netbook

to get the interface. Looked in System Settings > Startup and Shutdown and noticed that the "plasma-netbook" entry had a "--desktop" option. I disabled it and created an entry with just the "plasma-netbook" command. The system now works without having to have installed the "kde-plasma-desktop" package.

Hope that helps

Solution 4

Well, you should've installed kubuntu-destkop instead of the netbook.... Try to install kubuntu-desktopwith sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

mx7 almost 2 years

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I have installed KDE-plasma-netbook for testing, but when i have selected that session from login screen, i hear the login sound but i got nothing on the desktop (screen). It's completely empty blank screen. Help me to solve this.

EDIT: Here we go! i can get ALT+F2 launcher and i can launch dolphin or any application but my desktop is look like the image i am attaching now .

Any Help appreciated ,:)
- LnxSlck almost 12 years
  
  Could you post a screenshot? What do you mean by blank screen? Don't see anything but mouse and system responds? Like if you press ALT+F2 does it work?
- mx7 almost 12 years
  
  i can see mouse but there is no desktop , no system menu .its just a empty desktop and screen shot means i got nothing there . how could i ?
- Admin almost 12 years
  
  You didn't answer his last question.
- mx7 almost 12 years
  
  @LnxSlck Hi i have tried and i got it .ok i will add the remaining thing in the main post
mx7 almost 12 years

Thank you for the answer but i don't want Kubuntu desktop , because i just want to try the KDE but kubuntu desktop will gives its pkg's also .
aks44 almost 12 years

Er, try "sudo apt-get install kde" then. If not I can't help.
mx7 almost 12 years

actually "raja@badfox:~/Documents$ apt-cache search kde-plasma-netbook kde-plasma-netbook - KDE Plasma Netbook and minimal set of applications" i need to try it .
stackoverflower over 10 years

This solved my problem. I'm using 3.8.0-26-generic #38-Ubuntu. Thank you very much!
user535733 over 7 years

PPAs are not community-supported software. Is there a way to accomplish the same goal with supported software from the Ubuntu repositories?