Update for UbuntuMATE 16.04.6 broke the GUI

[Bret Busby]

On 26/08/2019, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25/08/2019, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Aug 2019 at 21:28, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 21/08/2019, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On 21/08/2019, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 22:27, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hello.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> A few hours ago, I performed a system update on one of my UbuntuMATE
>>> >>> 16.04.6 systems, and it has broken the system.
>>
>> Try logging in as a different user, that will tell you whether it is
>> your profile that has been messed up or whether it is something system
>> related.  If you have not got a second user configured then make one,
>> it is very easy.
>>
>
> Okay.
>
> On both the 16.04.6 and the 18.04.3 systems, the test gives the same
> result; for the second user, everything seems to be okay - the panels
> are where they are expected, and, functional.
>
> How do I access, or, reset, my profile for my primary account?
>
> From memory, before GUI's. on a UNIX System V system, the user's
> profile was stored in a . file or a .profile file.
>
> Upon viewing a .profile file, with a text editor, I do not see any
> reference to a GUI or GUI settings.
>
>

On my 18.04.3 system, in the seconduser home directory, is a .conf
directory, which contains a file named user .

But, that file, when clicked with the non-dominant mouse button, does
not provide an option for opening the file with a text editor, so, I
assume that it is not to be edited.


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Bret Busby
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