> > Hello Haines,AFAIK if you remove your ~/.gnome* dirs. then you > > will be able to restart a fresh gnome desktop... > > I presume that since gnome is set as my desktop manager, these files > would be regenerated without my having to restart gnome explicitly.
You are right that the ~/.gnome* files are regenerated, but this did not fix the problem, which evidently lies at a deeper level (even though not all users are affected). Even after removing the ~/.gnome* files, when I startx gnome-panel starts to load, but crashes, probably when it tries to load the window switcher. The man gnome-panel says: > The Panel was designed to be highly configurable. You can easily > customize its behavior and appearance and add or remove objects to > suite your personal needs and preferences. But it says nothing more than this. It apparently assumes you will configure gnome-panel with the mouse rather than edit its files. But when a problem comes up such as mine, the panel loop means I can't get a workable desktop, and so I have no mouse to configure panels to stop (remove from panel) the workplace switcher. Since there's a mouse option to remove the workplace switcher from the panel, there's got to be a command to do it, but how is one supposed to find out what it is? There must be more information on gnome-panel somewhere that goes beyond simple panel configuration with the mouse. Until I come across it, I can't find out whether the workplace switcher is a separate executable, where it is, or if it has a configuration file. Haine - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
