Hi;
I just freshly re-installed Fedora 9.
Problem:
Many of my gnome applets and desktop are still not working as they
should.
gconf & gconf-editor is not giving me the same keys in 'root' as in
'user' for common applications because (I think) gconf in 'user' is
being over ridden by the '/home/user/.gconf' in the /home partition that
I preserved on the new install. I used the 'root account ' as a
comparison because its .gconf was removed and re-written by gconf on
installation.
gconf-cleaner in 'user' finds more and more keys to change or remove
each time I run it in whichever 'user account ' ( I have three on my
machine.)
The problems that I have and that have persisted with the re-install
are:
* Information for system => networking => is missing from
my .gconf and gconf-editor. I have been told by several people
on this list that that data should be present although I don't
remember having seen it before.
* The latest linux kernel update was installed but was not being
updated in grub.conf.
* 'clock' applet not getting task and calendar info from Evolution
properly. The clock applet has different keys in root from
user. The biggest difference being the inclusion
of /apps/panel/default_setup/applets/clock/bonobo_iid and the
absence of the choices for task list and appointments. Every
time I click on it disappears from the panel and warns me to
reload. (I include that as a symptom of bigger things)
* My trashcan has disappeared from my desktop and nautilus through
gconf-editor won't/can't put it back. I have had several people
post me about how it is supposed to work. I assure everyone I
have marked it as visible in nautilus => desktop. That works
when I am logged in as root but not as a user.
* Plus other screwy things are going on with other applications
that may or may not be related. I haven't chased them down yet,
and it may not be necessary if I can get my gconf working.
I have checked the logs and roots messages nothing _seems_ untoward on
the surface of it (some unalarming gnome-keyring messages and gconfd
resolving some addresses).
Unless someone has a better solution, I was thinking of 'yum remove
gconf gconf-editor' and deleting all my user's .gconf dir/files. Then
re-installing gconf and gconf-editor.
However, that means I lose all my configurations for all my apps; and,
gconf-editor has a lot of dependencies. If yum had a way to remove an
app while leaving the dependencies intact or a way to do a 'dry run' I
wouldn't be asking for advice. I have read through man yum-utils etc and
see nothing useful there. I am not sure rpm -evv --nodeps -- test would
be any better.
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If anyone has a better idea of where the problems might lie or how to
fix them please let me know.
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The thing that bothers me about my solution is that gconf should have
installed in the first place accommodating my preexisting ~/.gconf. As
far as I can tell, I have not touched or been messing about with
anything that should damage gconf.
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Regards Bill;
Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3
Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1
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