The ~ hidden files:
.
..
.AbiSuite
.CFUserTextEncoding
.DS_Store
.ICEauthority
.MCXLC
.Trash
.Xauthority
.addressbook
.addressbook.lu
.bash_history
.buildlogA.tar
.config
.cshrc
.cshrc.save
.cvspass
.dillo
.emacs.d
.enlightenment
.esd_auth
.fonts
.fonts.cache-1
.fonts.conf
.fvwm
.gconf
.gconfd
.gimp-1.2
.gimp-2.0
.gimp-2.0-etc
.gnome
.gnome-desktop
.gnome2
.gnome2_private
.gnome_private
.gnucash
.gtkrc
.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
.gtkrc-kde
.icons
.ispell_english
.jpilot
.kapptemplaterc
.kde
.kde.old
.kderc
.kontour.autosave.kon
.local
.lpoptions
.lyx
.mc
.mcop
.mcoprc
.metacity
.mozilla
.nautilus
.padminrc
.pine-debug1
.pine-debug2
.pine-debug3
.pinerc
.qt
.recently-used
.saves-541-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-552-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-5963-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-5974-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6002-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6012-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6023-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6033-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6072-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6083-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.saves-6093-Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.~
.sawfish
.scribus
.siag
.sodipodi
.ssh
.sversionrc
.sylpheed
.themes
.thumbnails
.user60.rdb
.wine
.xfce
.xftcache
.xine
.xinitrc
--- Begin Message ---
Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
Brian O'Keefe wrote:
Here is one of those mails from someone who thought that they knew
what they were doing and ruined their system!
<snip>
Thanks to anyone out there and I vow never to use rm again!!
Brian
Ouch.
The "can't find settings daemon" error may be unrelated to anything--I
get those errors myself.
Actually, what might be the best option for you is to run
ls -a ~
which will list all of your hidden files/directories, and then rename
them, e.g
mv .gimprc old.gimprc
or something similar.
What's supposed to go on is that your applications are supposed to
create the hidden files/folders thay need for you automatically if
they're absent--don't worry about doing any rebuilding or
reinstallation of the packages since Fink doesn't put anything in your
home directory.
You may have a partial set of such files/folders, which would result
in an application not realizing that it needs to create something.
(the above doesn't apply in some cases, like .xinitrc, where you have
to create the file yourself)
--Alexander Hansen
Thank you Alexander,
I've lost alot of preferences for apps that do start and I can use Icewm
to access xterm and, oddly, konsole. Gnumeric starts and Evolution trys
with the error below. I am currently trying to rebuild gnucash as a
test. I checked "ls -a ~" previously but of course didn't understand
what I was really looking for so I'll try renaming one and seeing what
happens. I've included a list of that directory's . files. Also, fonts
in X.org are screwed up with only some italic option showing up.
Perhaps I should rebuild freetype?
Thanks again. You've always been quite remarkable.
Brian
/(evolution:925): evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot load
`/sw/share/evolution/1.4/images/offline.png'
(evolution:925): evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot load
`/sw/share/evolution/1.4/images/online.png'
I/O error : Too many open files
I/O warning : failed to load external entity
"/sw/share/evolution/1.4/ui/evolution.xml"
(evolution:925): Bonobo-CRITICAL **: file bonobo-ui-node.c: line 1110
(bonobo_ui_node_to_string): assertion `node != NULL' failed
(evolution:925): evolution-shell-WARNING **: Icon not found -- inbox
I/O error : Too many open files
I/O warning : failed to load external entity
"/sw/share/evolution/1.4/etspec/e-storage-set-view.etspec"
Bus error
/
--- End Message ---
