Michael wrote:
"You say that you can log in as
root....question: does the root login take you to a graphical desktop??"
Yes, it does. There is a menu icon in the upper left which offers:
Default Xsession
Fvwm
Xfce Session
I pick Xfce, but if I pick Fvwm. I get a desktop similar to Xfce and
that may be the smoking gun. The Xfce desktop has 4 workspaces. The Fvwm
desktop has 3 rows of 12 workspaces IIRC.
"Were it my system, I would simply delete all hidden files in
/home/<user> with the command rm -r /home/<user>/.*, however, a very
reasonable first gambit would be to rm -r /home/<user>/.config, and then
the more comprehensive rm -r /home/<user>/.*. In either case, you lose
not actual data, just configuration/setup/preference information that
has to be re-done."
In my case, .mozilla and .icedove were essential so that bookmarks and saved
emails could be preserved.
- Dan
