On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:53:56 -0500 Tony Nelson <tonynel...@georgeanelson.com> dijo:
> On 09-11-23 13:31:14, John Jason Jordan wrote: > ... > > 1) How can I fix Gnome? What part of the configuration starts > > metacity and gnome-panel when the user logs in? Note that I'll have > > to do this manually from XFCE, because I can't even get a terminal > > running in Gnome. > > Try creating a new user. If that user works properly in Gnome, it's > probably a user-specific config file, usually in a .gnome*/ directory, > and diff'ing the files may help (I suggest meld, but I use vimdiff > nowadays). Now, why didn't I think of that! Turns out that this was an excellent suggestion. I created a new user (using XFCE4), then logged out and back in as the new user. When my new user logged in I deliberately selected Gnome. And my new user got a default Gnome desktop, complete with window manager and gnome-panel. So now we know that the problem is something in my configuration. The only thing I can think of is that Nautilus has a bug where clicking on Preferences crashes it, so I used gconf-editor to change the way Nautilus works. I could go back and set Nautilus to defaults (I think there is an option somewhere for that), but I Gnome is not usable at the moment unless I log in as my new user. > > 2) How the heck did this happen? I did hundreds of things before I > > rebooted - which thing messed up Gnome? Can someone suggest a way to > > find out what I did to cause this so I can file a bug report or at > > least avoid doing it again? > Do more reboots / logins so you know sooner. In general, be cautious > about copying config files around. It's safer to merge them manually, > perhaps with meld. I did use merge. But most were not even there, because they were for apps that I installed manually. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
