Latest updates for 12.10

[Nigel Ridley]

On 10/27/2012 08:08 AM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> 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
>

No it wasn't an 'Activity'. I've reset-up my desktop now and got it back the way it was - all 
except the pesky Kickoff button. How can I get it back to the classic style?

Nigel