kde messed

[macklein]

Hello everyboy, something is wrong with my linux installation (kubuntu 8.10). Some of the menus are blank. This happens in a lot of applications and even at some system windows like network configuration, amsn, etc. I was going to atach screenshots but the printscreen key does nothing :(, so if someone have had the same problem please help, or if there is any way to put kde to it's original configuration maybe the problem could be gone....

[AlanR8]

Two things you could try, but first BACK UP any files you want to keep as a precaution!

First, open your Home folder in Dolphin and select "Show Hidden Files" from the View menu. Find the folder called .kde and delete it. Reboot and the folder will be re-created to default values.

If that doesn't work you could try a fresh install

[Nesnej Trick]

KDE4 suffers of occasional rendering errors. Usually this is restricted to scroll bars only, though.

Have you done a clean install or a dist-upgrade? My installation of Kubuntu 8.10 works fine now that I've re-installed it, but it was completely insufferable because of how the distribution upgrade tool botched the configuration.

It might also be a video card driver issue. You could try turning off desktop effects and logging in again just to make sure.