Latest updates for 12.10

[O. Sinclair]

On 27/10/2012 00:18, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> On 10/26/2012 11:54 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> I just did an apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade. There
>> was a whole bunch of KDE
>> stuff and after the upgrade, and logging out and back in again, all my
>> desktop settings vanished!
>> I was left with a brand new desktop as if I had just done a clean
>> install (or renamed my .kde
>> directory).
>>
>> WARNING: Make a backup of your .kde directory before doing the
>> update/upgrade.
>> I now have to rebuild my desktop back to the way I had it before :-(
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>
> Something else weird: before I logged out after the upgrade, I had
> several apps running. After logging back in and getting a brand new
> desktop :-( all my previous running apps were still running but not on
> the desktop - I mean could see them as running processes under 'System
> Activity' (Ctrl + Esc) but not accessible on the desktop. I had to
> 'kill' them in the end as I was getting window titles with the app name
> plus a number 2 (meaning it was the second instance of said running app).
>
> I'm not sure what is going on but maybe better to wait a while before
> doing any updates/upgrades.
>
> Nigel
>
>
Check that by accident you are not in another Activity than your old one 
- happened to me once and I recreated all, only to later find my "old 
desktop" in another activity.

Meaning I don't use Activities so it took some time before I stumbled on it.

Sinclair