Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen.
Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated.
TIA, Dick
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen.
Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated.
I think I did something like that, years ago, and there was a .gnome file that I deleted, logged out, and then when I logged in, it created a new enviornment for GNOME. I just looked at the .gnome folders and nothing rings a bell. Hopefully, someone else will help you out with this, soon. The list is slow on the weekends.
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen.
Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated.
I think I did something like that, years ago, and there was a .gnome file that I deleted, logged out, and then when I logged in, it created a new enviornment for GNOME. I just looked at the .gnome folders and nothing rings a bell. Hopefully, someone else will help you out with this, soon. The list is slow on the weekends. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Thank you for responding, Lanny. I've tried replacing my ~ directory but got nowhere. I'll hope for other responses.
Dick
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen.
Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated.
I think I did something like that, years ago, and there was a .gnome file that I deleted, logged out, and then when I logged in, it created a new enviornment for GNOME. I just looked at the .gnome folders and nothing rings a bell. Hopefully, someone else will help you out with this, soon. The list is slow on the weekends. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Thank you for responding, Lanny. I've tried replacing my ~ directory but got nowhere. I'll hope for other responses.
If you create a new 'user' and they don't have icons or accounts then something is funny in /usr which is causing stuff to not work. If it only happens to you then its probably issues with various .files.
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen smooge@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen.
Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated.
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If you create a new 'user' and they don't have icons or accounts then something is funny in /usr which is causing stuff to not work. If it only happens to you then its probably issues with various .files.
It was working and then he did something and it stopped working. I looked again, in the 3 .gnome folders and I don't see anything that rings a bell. There is some file that he needs to delete, log out and then log in again and it will create a new enviornment for him. The mystery is, which file and where is it.
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen smooge@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen.
Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated.
<snip> > If you create a new 'user' and they don't have icons or accounts then > something is funny in /usr which is causing stuff to not work. If it > only happens to you then its probably issues with various .files.
It was working and then he did something and it stopped working. I looked again, in the 3 .gnome folders and I don't see anything that rings a bell. There is some file that he needs to delete, log out and then log in again and it will create a new enviornment for him. The mystery is, which file and where is it. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Got it!! Apparently I hadn't replaced all the hidden directories in ~. I tried once more and voila!
Thank you for your help. I'm back in business.
ttfn, Dick
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen smooge@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth raroth7@comcast.net
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It was working and then he did something and it stopped working. I looked again, in the 3 .gnome folders and I don't see anything that rings a bell. There is some file that he needs to delete, log out and then log in again and it will create a new enviornment for him. The mystery is, which file and where is it.
Got it!! Apparently I hadn't replaced all the hidden directories in ~. I tried once more and voila!
Thank you for your help. I'm back in business.
Cool! That's great! Once you know the solution, it's easy, but there are many mysteries.
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