[ubuntu-uk] Desktop problems

Kris Marsh moogman at gmail.com
Thu Sep 6 12:31:12 BST 2007


On 9/5/07, Robert McWilliam <rmcw at allmail.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:39:21 +0100
> Keith Bowerman <keith at grumpyface.me.uk> wrote:
> > I've had a look at the .gnome 2 directory although I don't really know
> > what I'm looking for.
> >
> > Any other advice would be more than welcome!
>
> Quick way to see if the problem is in the .gnome2 directory: move it.
> Rename it to something else and try logging in. This will revert
> anything you've changed in this dir to their defaults and if it clears
> the problem then you can put the contents back bit by bit to identify
> what was actually causing the problem.
>
> If that doesn't help try moving some of the other ~/.* things
> elsewhere. A quick look gives .nautilus  .metacity  .gnome
> .gnome2_private .cups .gtkrc* .gconf and possibly more.
>
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I just moved .* out to a different directory, and still no difference.
~/.xsession-errors showed up some clues, Keith maybe you could take a
look at this file?

Kris



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