Latest updates for 12.10

[O. Sinclair]

On 27/10/2012 21:31, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> 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
>
What I meant was to use the "meta" (windows) key + tab and check that 
you have by accident "landed" in a new fresh clean Activity. That 
happened to me and in my "old" on all my settings were happily still there.

And I use the Lancelot launcher, find it way better than Kickoff