Rob Beard wrote: > John Levin wrote: >> John Levin wrote: >> >>> John Levin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Something is borked on my Lenovo 3000 N500 laptop :( >>>> >>>> >> <snip> >> >> >> >> And one more update: I can log into gnome as a different user. So it's >> something corrupt in my profile. Can't think of what it could be - any >> suggestions? >> >> TIA >> >> John >> > Hmmm, you say you can get to terminal right? > > If you can login to a terminal (either console or other terminal) under > your normal user account, try renaming .gnome2 and .gnome2_private (they > are usually hidden directories): > > mv .gnome2 .gnome2-old > mv .gnome2_private .gnome2_private-old > > Then log out and try logging in again and see if it makes any > difference. With any luck Gnome should re-create the folders and fix > the problem. > > If all else fails just rename the folders back. > > Hope this helps. > > Rob >
Didn't work but by renaming my .config folder everything is (more or less) back as it should be. Thanks for your help! John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
