Re: problems getting into Gnome

[Sean Murphy <murphy erim-int com>]

If you can still login as root, do that, then move your .gnome directory (the
one in your home directory - not root's! ) to something like .gnome_old.  Then
log back in as yourself and let Gnome recreate that directory.

If you have spent a lot of time customizing your dekstop, you can now slowly
start merging the files from .gnome_old back into the new .gnome directory to
get your desktop looking like it was.  Just do it one at a time because
somewhere in there is the file that is giving you problems.  Or if you haven't
changed your desktop too much from when you created the account, you can just
take the fresh Gnome slate and add your applets back where they were and delete
the .gnome_old directory altogether.

Joss Winn wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Last night something strange happened and I'm not sure how to fix it.
>
> I accidentally double clicked on the xclient icon and another identical
> gnome desktop appeared over mine with windows, panel and all.  I thought it
> odd and closed the windows, logged out (of both!) and restarted.  Now, when
> I log into linuxppc2000 under my user name, it gets as far as "mouse
> properties capplet" and then all I get is my background image (which is
> black so it might not even be my background image).  The mouse moves but is
> an X rather than a pointer and no desktop icons or panel appears.  To get
> out I have to SHIFT-APPLE-F1 and then log out at bash.
>
> If I login as root, everything is just fine.  I created another temporary
> user and that is just fine too, so it is only my user account that is a
> problem.  Any ideas how I might fix this.  The last thing I want to do is
> delete my user account and start from scratch.
>
> Very much appreciated
>
> Joss Winn
> iMac/LinuxPPC200/Gnome/Sawfish
>
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