Problems after upgrade to Debian sarge

["Lawrence G. Hunsicker" <lhunsicker mchsi com>]

Greetings:

I have just upgraded to Debian sarge, in the process of which Gnome 
seems also to have been upgraded.

Now I am trying to reindividualize my desktop by using a photo as the 
background, changing the theme, and so forth.  The changes get made at 
the time, but they are not persistent.  Similarly, each time that I 
log-in, I get a message to the effect that the file for my selected 
background cannot be found, and therefore the machine is using a default 
theme.

Can anyone either tell me what I have to do to permit my changes to 
become permanent, or send me a pointer to the appropriate instructions?

Many thanks in advance for any help that anyone can give me.

Larry Hunsicker

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Lawrence G. Hunsicker
lhunsicker mchsi com