[ubuntu-za] Desktop settings issues in 13.04

[Quintin van Rooyen]

Just a shot because this worked for me before:

a) Does the old /home/ drive automount?
b) If it does, does your new user have ownership of all the files in the
old /home/$username/ directory?
c) If all of the above are true, make backups of these files, and replace
them with files from the working user (tmp user) and make sure you have
ownership of them on the old (non working) /home/$user/;
    .ICEauthority
    .Xauthority
d) If still no joy also copy over  /home/$testuser/.dbus/session-bus/$file
(there is a file in the session-bus directory that you can move over) to
the same place in your old /home.

MAKE BACKUPS OF THE FILES BEFORE YOU COPY OVER THE NEW ONES. I don't want
you to trash your login for your old install as well.

Regards.


On 29 April 2013 08:49, Robin Bownes <robin at bownes.co.za> wrote:

>
> On 28/04/2013 22:23, Robin Bownes wrote:
>
>>
>> On 28/04/2013 21:23, Wesley wrote:
>>
>>> That's why I said move them, it satisfies the backup and clear
>>> requirements in one step. Good call on keeping mail data and ssh keys. May
>>> want to export those first to be safe.
>>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, this sounds completely logical, and fits
>> the scenario of the problem. However, (and I must say unexpectedly for me)
>> it did not work at all. The screen, and the accompanying problems are
>> exactly the same.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>>  Hi All,
>
> This problem still exists, and I'm hoping that someone who may not have
> seen it over the weekend will have some ideas. To recap:
>
> 1) Fresh 13.04 install. All was good till I linked to my pre-existing home
> folder in a separate partition.
> 2) Then, login screen remains as desktop background - I'm unable to get
> right-click menus on desktop - I'm unable to change desktop background -
> system hangs quite often (sometimes critically) when I minimise or close a
> window (not consistent).
>
> My own thinking agreed with the advice that I've received so far, saying
> that the problem obviously relates directly to my home folder. With this in
> mind, I have done the following, but without any success:
>
> 1) Reset compiz settings (using the new method)
> 2) Deleted all hidden folders & files in my home folder, with the
> exception of the Thunderbird & Virtualbox folders, which I need.
>
> While logically this should have some effect, it does nothing, and the
> problem remains.
>
> I set up a test user, and as expected, there is no problem when I log in
> as the test user.
>
> I really hope that someone might have a fresh insight into this problem on
> this Monday morning. Thanks again to those who've already given advice, and
> thanks in advance to the genius whose going to (hopefully) figure this out.
>
>
> Robin
>
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