On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth <raroth7 at 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.