[ubuntu-za] Desktop settings issues in 13.04

[Raoul Snyman]

On Sunday 28 April 2013 20:55:04 Wesley wrote:
> You can test this theory by creating a 'test' user, if it logs in and runs
> fine its surely a old config prob.

I don't think he needs to do this, I think he already saw that. It worked 
before he changed the home directory.

> Then you need to move your old settings from your home, those are the hidden
> .dot directories. You need to log out of unity and use tty1 for this
> (C-A-F1). when you log in afterwards, your apps will rebuild their configs
> with defaults.

Actually, you don't need to log out of Unity and use tty1.

First figure out what data you need to keep, and what is OK to lose. Typically 
I don't mind losing my settings, but I want to keep my mail, and a lot of my 
Firefox data. These days though between Firefox Sync and Chrome Sync you don't 
even need to worry about that.

Once you've determined what data you need to keep, figure out where that data 
is kept and backup that data. Then delete (or rename - safer) all the . 
directories (except maybe your .ssh directory), restart your computer, and 
then start settings things up again. This way you haven't lost any data, but 
you can start your programs off a nice clean slate, and then just restore the 
really important bits.

It takes a while, but it's a much better solution than obliterating everything 
and reinstalling from scratch.


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