I'm sorry to say that we're not going to get an answer to this one. I made a bit of a mistake. I found that I've now got 2 seperate issues, first that my grafted home folder naturally has permissions issues preventing logon and second the original profile does indeed contain a corrupted file.
However at some point I copied the entire folder forgetting to reveal hidden files so I now only have half a profile and I've lost all my bookmarks, email settings etc. Thank god for Ubuntu One! But it does mean the rogue file has been lost. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com>wrote: > Then why does it not work when EVERY file is transplanted from a working > profile? > > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Neil Greenwood < > neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If there is a broken user account, it definitely is a config file issue >> with one of the hidden files in that user's directory. It's not a global >> config issue though. >> >> Neil. >> >> P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. >> >> On May 3, 2012 11:33 PM, "Gareth France" <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > On 03/05/12 13:35, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> >> >> > The time I've been spending on the Ubuntu answers team has shown me >> >> > that all kinds of nasties are occurring after an upgrade. In >> >> > nearly every case, a clean install has been the best answer. >> >> >> >> I find this response very frustrating. It's not only inaccurate but it >> >> means we'll never get to the bottom of the problem, so can never find >> >> out how to fix it. >> >> >> >> If everyone just re-installed the OS whenever the wind changed >> >> direction we'd end up with a significantly worse OS as a result. When >> >> everyone keeps telling everyone else to reinstall, we end up with the >> >> state that Windows is in. Everyone thinks that's the solution, and it >> >> isn't, by some margin. >> >> >> > Thank you for that Alan, that's exactly why I'm persisting. I'm >> building a knowledgebase to allow me to fix such issues for my customers as >> efficiently as possible. >> > >> > Here's an interesting one. I've logged in as a guest and been able to >> create a new account. I have renamed my home folder and used the new >> account to copy the contents of it's home folder into a new home folder for >> the old account. It still doesn't work so I now have one working admin >> account and the original still broken one which doesn't appear to be a >> config file issue. >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> > > > -- > www.cliftonts.co.uk - IT support, Computer sales, PAT Testing > > -- www.cliftonts.co.uk - IT support, Computer sales, PAT Testing
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