If there is a broken user account, it definitely is a config file issue with one of the hidden files in that user's directory. It's not a global config issue though.
Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 3, 2012 11:33 PM, "Gareth France" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 03/05/12 13:35, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> > The time I've been spending on the Ubuntu answers team has shown me >> > that all kinds of nasties are occurring after an upgrade. In >> > nearly every case, a clean install has been the best answer. >> >> I find this response very frustrating. It's not only inaccurate but it >> means we'll never get to the bottom of the problem, so can never find >> out how to fix it. >> >> If everyone just re-installed the OS whenever the wind changed >> direction we'd end up with a significantly worse OS as a result. When >> everyone keeps telling everyone else to reinstall, we end up with the >> state that Windows is in. Everyone thinks that's the solution, and it >> isn't, by some margin. >> > Thank you for that Alan, that's exactly why I'm persisting. I'm building a knowledgebase to allow me to fix such issues for my customers as efficiently as possible. > > Here's an interesting one. I've logged in as a guest and been able to create a new account. I have renamed my home folder and used the new account to copy the contents of it's home folder into a new home folder for the old account. It still doesn't work so I now have one working admin account and the original still broken one which doesn't appear to be a config file issue. > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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