Plasma Desktop resets if not using KDE

I mainly use MATE Desktop, but with Plasma Desktop for a long time now. It used to work flawlessly, but in the last few days the Plasma Desktop settings are always resets after a reboot or a re-login. The KDE settings are saved correctly, but the Plasma Desktop can be saved only under KDE. I tried do delete the .kde4 folder and set everything again, but after a reboot or a re-login Plasma Desktop always resets if I start any DE except KDE. I even tried to reinstall everything, but nothing worked.
Any ideas?

Thanks for the answer , I don't know why some times starts and sometimes it doesn't so I still can check WHY happens, but thanks to your command (really I'm a kind of power user and I didn't know about this command!!) I'll be able to check what is the problem.
Thanks again!
PS.- Should I mark it as solved?
Last edited by pablox (2010-04-28 02:23:35)

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