Greetings all.
Been a member of Jaxlug for years. Been to several meetings although
none of them recently. And rarely post on the mailing list although I do
always read it.
Anyway, been using Linux at home for years (mostly Debian) and even set
the wife up on Debian as well. (She loves it)
Were not all technical and Linux savvy as most are on this list so I
will do my best to describe the issue and accept advice accordingly.
We use Linux mostly for E mail, web browsing, and music/video
entertainment in a graphical environment. (Gnome)
I am familiar with some of the most basic command line functions but far
from advanced.
I have recently acquired a Toshiba laptop that came with Windows Vista
(ugg) and dual booted it with Debian 6.03
Laptop Specs: Toshiba Satellite L305
2GHz Pentium dual core
3 Gigs RAM
64 bit OS both Windows and Linux (Graphical Gnome standard desktop with
no special servers running)
Outline of Issue: After successfully installing Debian 6.03 (squeeze?)
and using it for several days with zero issues I began customizing the
graphical desktop and playing around with multiple Gnome panels to suit
my browsing and media habits.
One panel on the bottom and another panel set to automatically hide when
not in use.
All was fine until I began changing the physical size of the second
panel. I chose minimum size for that panel and adjusted the width to
about half.
I had no issues with these adjustments until I later rebooted. When I
did reboot I could log in just fine but the graphical environment would
hang up while trying to load the Gnome panel. The background would load
but the Gnome panel would only load to a plain white bar with no icons
and stop there with the curser showing the little waiting clock. No
interaction with the desktop what so ever beyond that. Not even
Ctrl+Alt+Back Space or Ctrl+Alt+Del
It just hangs there forever.
When I reboot I am at least able to log into a rescue shell as root but
dont know what file to edit to try and fix the graphical problem in my
normal user log on profile.
Im sure this is an easy fix for most of you. Trying to explain it to a
semi-noob like me might be more of a challenge lol.
I thank you in advance for any help resolving my issue and helping me
get back to enjoying Debian on my laptop.
David
A.K.A. Sharkdance
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