Re: I think I know what is clobbering my Gnome

[John Jason Jordan <johnxj comcast net>]

On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:33:42 -0800
John Jason Jordan <johnxj comcast net> dijo:

>On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:05:03 +0100
>Klistvud <quotations aliceadsl fr> dijo:
>
>>Dne, 05. 12. 2009 05:56:53 je John Jason Jordan napisal(a):
>>
>>This may seem painfully obvious, but: have you tried creating another 
>>user and logging into the new account, just to check if the issue is 
>>user- or system-related?
>
>Already tried that. The new user has a normal window manager (metacity) and
>gnome-panel.
>
>I decided to pollute the new user with my configurations to see what would
>happen. I copied my ~/.gconf, ~/.gconfd ~/.gnome2, ~/.gnome2-private, ~/.local
>and ~/.nautilus folders to the new user, one at a time.
>
>Each time I rebooted and logged in as the new user. The new user still had
>metacity and gnome-panel even after I had copied all of them to the new user.
>
>So whatever is causing it is not in the above folders.

Oops, I lied!

I had not copied the .local folder from my user folder to the new user folder.
I did so, chowned it as owned by the new user, logged out and logged back in
again as the new user and the new user did not have metacity!

Now I'm getting somewhere. Something in my .local folder is where the problem
lies. Here is the .local folder listing ("(0)" means the file is zero bytes):

[jjj Devil8 .local]$ ls -aR --width=2
.:
.  ..  share

./share:
	applications  
	.converted-launchers (0)
	desktop-directories  
	gnome-do  
	mime
	rhythmbox  
	totem  
	vlc

./share/applications:
	alacarte-made-1.desktop
	alacarte-made-2.desktop
	alacarte-made.desktop
	brasero-copy-medium.desktop
	brasero.desktop
	Brasero Disc Burner.desktop
	brasero-nautilus.desktop
	brasero-open-image.desktop
	brasero-open-playlist.desktop
	brasero-open-project.desktop
	compiz-gtk.desktop
	Control Center.desktop
	Disc Copier.desktop
	evince.desktop
	fedora-oooqs2.desktop
	fedora-Thunar-folder-handler.desktop
	fedora-thunar-settings.desktop
	Font Viewer.desktop
	gnomecc.desktop
	gnome-eog.desktop
	gnome-font-viewer.desktop
	gnome-gfloppy.desktop
	gnome-nautilus-autorun-software.desktop
	gnome-nautilus-browser.desktop
	gnome-nautilus.desktop
	gnome-nautilus-file-management-properties.desktop
	gpk-install-catalog.desktop
	gpk-install-file.desktop
	gstreamer-properties.desktop
	gthumb-import.desktop
	ibus.desktop
	ibus-setup.desktop
	javaws.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_chm.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_comicbook.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_djvu.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_dvi.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_epub.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_fax.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_fb.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_ghostview.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_kimgio.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_mobi.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_ooo.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_pdf.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_plucker.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_tiff.desktop
	kde4-okularApplication_xps.desktop
	liveinst.desktop
	manage-print-jobs.desktop
	metacity.desktop (I added this to the applications menu)
	mimeapps.list
	mimeinfo.cache
	mount-archive.desktop
	nm-openvpn.desktop
	nm-vpnc.desktop
	openoffice.org-javafilter.desktop
	openoffice.org-math.desktop
	OpenOffice.org Quickstarter 2.desktop
	padevchooser.desktop
	preferred-mail-reader.desktop
	preferred-web-browser.desktop
	qt4-qtconfig.desktop
	realplay.desktop
	redhat-email.desktop
	redhat-web.desktop
	userapp-gedit-8WS53U.desktop
	xscreensaver-properties.desktop

./share/desktop-directories: 

./share/gnome-do:
	plugins-0.8.1.3
	tmp

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3:
	addin-db-001
	addins-setup.config
	repository-cache

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3/addin-db-001:
	addin-data
	addin-dir-data
	fdb-lock (0)
	fdb-update-lock (0)
	host-index
	hosts

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3/addin-db-001/addin-data:
	1

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3/addin-db-001/addin-data/1:
	Do.ClassicInterface,1.0.maddin
	Do.Core,1.0.maddin
	Do.DockyInterface,1.0.maddin
	Do.GlassInterface,1.0.maddin
	Do.HUDInterface,1.0.maddin
	Do.Interface.Linux,1.0.maddin
	Do.MiniInterface,1.0.maddin
	Do.Platform,1.0.maddin
	Do.Platform.Linux,1.0.maddin
	Do.Universe,1.0.maddin

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3/addin-db-001/addin-dir-data:
	usr_lib64_gnome-do_60a87e4e.data

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3/addin-db-001/hosts:
	Do.addins

./share/gnome-do/plugins-0.8.1.3/repository-cache:

./share/gnome-do/tmp:

./share/mime:
	aliases (0)
	generic-icons (0)
	globs
	globs2
	icons (0)
	magic
	mime.cache
	packages
	subclasses
	treemagic
	types
	XMLnamespaces

./share/mime/application:
	x-extension-ICEauthority.xml

./share/mime/packages:
	user-extension-ICEauthority.xml

./share/rhythmbox:
	audioscrobbler.queue
	playlists.xml
	rhythmdb.xml
	rhythmdb.xml.old

./share/totem:

./share/vlc:
	ml.xspf

I hope someone can tell me what part of the .local folder is causing metacity
not to be launched on login.