Plasma Panel and Widgets

[Jerry Amundson]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:46 PM, epate <no-reply-gw at fcp.surfsite.org> wrote:
> Following a recent rawhide upgrade due to python 2.6 release, my KDE panel is empty and won't accept any widgets.
>
> For example, attempting to add the "Application Launcher" widget seems to completely crash plasma.  Others, like the "Lock/Logout" widget, simply put a red "X" icon in the center of the panel with a hover message saying:
>
>  Unable to load the widget
>  Could not find the requested component: lockout
>
> I've completely uninstalled KDE and reinstalled the group "KDE (K Desktop Environment)" as well as deleting my ".kde" directory - no luck.


Downgrade to :
kdelibs-4.1.80-5.fc11.i386.rpm         kdelibs-devel-4.1.80-5.fc11.i386.rpm
kdelibs-common-4.1.80-5.fc11.i386.rpm

... instead of what you have.
(temporarily) add
exclude=kdelibs kdelibs-common kdelibs-devel
to /etc/yum.conf if you wish.

jerry

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TBD.