On 02Feb2008 04:06, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | --- In [email protected], Gabci Xy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > My guess is, something that shouldn't have been deleted got deleted, | > > or the X11 configuration got thrashed -- accidentally or maliciously, | > > I don't know. What are likely culprits, and how do I go about | > correcting this? | > _Why don't you delete the "cafe" account and create a brand new | one, so all the settings will be re-created for you. | | I'd considered doing just that, but it would be simple and brute-force | and wouldn't teach me anything new about how linux does things. :) | If I'm going to be an admin, even as an unpaid volunteer, I ought to | learn some damage control and repair techniques :) And even though | the users aren't supposed to store anything they want kept on the | system, I'd have to check anyway so as not to honk them off.
Create a cafe2 account. Tediously, copy dot files and dirs (.kde, .gnome* etc) in until the keyboard goes bad after a login. Of course, that's one file/dir, login, test, repeat... Then diff the relevant file against a working account. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The ten thousand things How long do any persist? Netscape, too, has gone. - Haiku Error Messages http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
