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From: John O Laoi on 26 May 2010 04:10 > Then my vote goes to "sit and wait" :-) I sat and waited and nothing happened. Today, I did more Googleing and found a sledgehammer solution. Go to runlevel 3 and login. Then issue the command $ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd Reboot. Your gnome-panel settings will be reset to the defaults, but at least things work again. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinxj-fzELpUohsdiu_1zLBdp7I2IiX7X3QJ34dJ(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Andrei Popescu on 26 May 2010 04:30 On Wed,26.May.10, 09:06:57, John O Laoi wrote: > > Then my vote goes to "sit and wait" :-) > > I sat and waited and nothing happened. > > Today, I did more Googleing and found a sledgehammer solution. > > Go to runlevel 3 and login. This will probably not have the expected result on a default Debian install, since runlevels 2-5 are identical. > Then issue the command > > $ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd > > Reboot. The fastest way I can think of to achieve the same: - boot in "recovery mode" # rm -rf ~username/.gnome ... # reboot Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From: Jochen Schulz on 26 May 2010 05:00 Andrei Popescu: > > - boot in "recovery mode" > # rm -rf ~username/.gnome > ... > # reboot What's the point in rebooting? Just log out, log in on a VT, delete the directories and log in again. Gnome doesn't keep any daemons running after the user logs out, or does it? J. -- I have been manipulated and permanently distorted. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
From: Andrei Popescu on 26 May 2010 05:10 On Wed,26.May.10, 10:59:30, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Andrei Popescu: > > > > - boot in "recovery mode" > > # rm -rf ~username/.gnome > > ... > > # reboot > > What's the point in rebooting? Just log out, log in on a VT, delete the > directories and log in again. Gnome doesn't keep any daemons running > after the user logs out, or does it? I certainly hope it doesn't :) Your way is usually safer since it doesn't require root, but changing VTs can cause issues on some machines... Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From: Jochen Schulz on 26 May 2010 06:10
Andrei Popescu: > On Wed,26.May.10, 10:59:30, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> What's the point in rebooting? Just log out, log in on a VT, delete the >> directories and log in again. Gnome doesn't keep any daemons running >> after the user logs out, or does it? > > I certainly hope it doesn't :) I am going to check this when I am back home! > Your way is usually safer since it doesn't require root, but changing > VTs can cause issues on some machines... Oh dear. When I started using Linux, it was X that was sometimes hard to get running. :) J. -- I am on the payroll of a company to whom I owe my undying gratitude. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html> |