I've posted to news:comp.windows.x.kde with a question about KDE.
I haven't decided if I should mark this OT, but anyone who might
have an answer will be able to figure it out. :-)

The problem is, every time I start up (after shutting down at
night), all my KDE settings have disappeared. How would I find
out what's changing stuff, and make it stop? I can post config
files, if there's anyone that knows how to read them, and if
someone wants to tell me which ones are applicable - there are
96 different files in ~/.kde/share/config . What executables
run, I have no idea.

Thanks,
Rich

Rich Grise wrote :

> The problem is, every time I start up (after shutting down at
> night), all my KDE settings have disappeared.

Did this problem occur after an upgrade? I had the same problem once and
the only thing that helped was to get read of ~/.kde and then start from
scratch.
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Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote in message news:<nf6Tc.275$io1.154@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>...
> I've posted to news:comp.windows.x.kde with a question about KDE.
> I haven't decided if I should mark this OT, but anyone who might
> have an answer will be able to figure it out. :-)
>
> The problem is, every time I start up (after shutting down at
> night), all my KDE settings have disappeared. How would I find
> out what's changing stuff, and make it stop? I can post config
> files, if there's anyone that knows how to read them, and if
> someone wants to tell me which ones are applicable - there are
> 96 different files in ~/.kde/share/config . What executables
> run, I have no idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich

Ok, blinders *off*. Perhaps the problem is that KDE is not changing stuff.
Perhaps a setting known as "Restore previous session" needs changing.
No, no. Certainly you can find it yourself.

Joe Public wrote:

> Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote in message
....
>> 96 different files in ~/.kde/share/config . What executables
>> run, I have no idea.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rich
>
> Ok, blinders *off*. Perhaps the problem is that KDE is not changing stuff.
> Perhaps a setting known as "Restore previous session" needs changing.
> No, no. Certainly you can find it yourself.

Thank you. I know I'd seen something like that in KDE's menuland,
but it was checked. I unchecked it, rebooted, and it came back
with the settings I left it (i.e. it's now working the way I
wanted). To me, this is kind of back-asswards, if what's going
on is what I think it is. I'm more than likely wrong, but really -
If I check R.p.s., does it really put me back to the way it was
before I set it the way I want it? I'd think I'd want to restore
the settings I had when I last exited, rather than when I last
started up.

Anyway, if it changes back again I'll certainly let you know!

Thanks!
Rich