Are these steps for re-installing Gnome correct/safe?

[craigwhite at azapple.com (Craig White)]

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 01:31 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> I did all of the following:
> 
> ><Control><Alt><F2> # get a text virtual console
> >login as root
> >cd /home/USER_NAME_OF_USER_YOU_WANT_TO_RESET
> >mv .gnome .gnome.bak
> >mv .gnome2 .gnome2.bak
> >(much the same for kde)
> >rm -fr /tmp/* # remove any existing session data stored in /tmp
> ><Alt><F7> # return to gdm/kdm login
> >
> 
> ... and still nothing has changed on my desktop. My Gnome environment is 
> still not reset to it's default, or initial, settings.
> Actually, one thing and one thing only has changed. At the top left of 
> the screen, where there used to be a Red Hat red fedora icon, there is 
> now a blue foot icon for Gnome. And just to the right of the 
> "Applications" and "Actions" menus, there used to be two icons, one for 
> Firefox and one for Thunderbird. Those two icons are now gone. And 
> that's it. That's all tha changes by wiping out my .gnome and .gnome2 
> settings.
> 
> This is weird. How can it be so difficult to reset Gnome back to default 
> theme, icons, and menu items?
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Why do you believe you are not back to default?

Test it in an entirely new fashion...

Add a new user and log in as that user.

That clearly will be default settings - I would bet that there is no
difference.

Craig