10.04 successfull horror story

[Basil Chupin]

On 10/05/10 18:29, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
>> Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  :
>> On 10/05/10 16:55, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>      
>>>> rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd
>>>>          
>>> Don't do that. Go look at all the software that stores data in those
>>> directories.
>>>        
>> And the supposed disaster of doing so would be......?
>> I have never given advice to anyone unless I have done it "to myself"
>>      
> At least, you should have gave the advice to back those directories up.
> Then if the "rm" solved it, give the advice to restore one by one the
> important dot-dirs.
>    
You're right- I should have added "Reboot after doing the above".

The directories are recreated when you reboot. The only thing missing 
are the items with which you populate the panels with.

BC


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