Excellent idea! Have you tried removing $HOME/.Xclients to default your X? Regards, Marshall -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Boyce [mailto:jboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:54 PM To: McDougall, Marshall (FSH); 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' Subject: Re: Continuing Gnome Configuration Problem I thought of that option already and have dismissed it because it only avoids the problem. I would particularly like to use this opportunity to expand my skills and knowledge and actually identify and solve the problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "McDougall, Marshall (FSH)" <MarMcDouga@xxxxxxxxx> To: "'Jeff Boyce'" <jboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: RE: Continuing Gnome Configuration Problem > Go to a command line and type "switchdesk kde" without the quotes of > course > and use KDE instead. > > Regards, Marshall > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Boyce [mailto:jboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:17 PM > To: Barry Gamblin; redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Continuing Gnome Configuration Problem > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Gamblin" <bgamblin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:20 PM > Subject: Re: Continuing Gnome Configuration Problem > > >>|> >> |> I am a relatively new, novice Linux user looking for assistance >> |> with a >> |> problem that I am sure I created as a result of my inexperience. I >> am >> |> pretty good at diagnosing problems, but am not familiar with Linux >> enough to >> |> know where to look. >> |> >> |> System: Dell PE2600, RHEL3, configured as file server with Samba >> |> >> |> Problem: A blank (i.e., black) desktop without any icons when >> starting X >> |> manually as root user. Can not open a file manager window. Also a >> long >> |> delay occurs (1-2 minutes) when logging out of X. >> |> >> |> Events Leading Up to Problem: The only unique actions that occurred >> on the >> |> system the previous day included the >> |> installation of the NUT (network ups tools) software from source, and >> the >> |> subsequent uninstallation of NUT. I had never installed from source >> before >> |> and the installation went fine without errors. There was not a *make >> |> uninstall* for the program so I followed some instructions to review >> the >> |> *makefile* to see where all the files where installed and delete the >> |> files/directories manually. The following directories were removed >> |> (actually moved to Trash). The install and uninstall both occurred >> as the >> |> root user. >> |> >> |> /opt/NUT/nut-2.0.1 (contained the unzipped source files) >> |> /usr/local/ups/man >> |> /usr/local/ups/share >> |> /usr/local/ups/bin >> |> /usr/local/ups/sbin >> |> >> |> Diagnostic tests/actions tried: These problems do not occur when >> starting X >> |> from a non-root user. As suggested by someone I have checked the >> |> permissions on the /root/.gconf directory (700) and they are the same >> as the >> |> permissions on a normal users directory /home/jeffb/.gconf directory >> (700) >> |> that has a normal desktop. I am unable to see if there are any error >> |> messages sent to screen when X starts (a recommendation on how to >> capture >> |> this information would be appreciated), but when X finally shuts down >> the >> |> list below includes some of the information on the screen. The AUDIT >> |> statement is also listed in the /var/log/Xfree86.0.log file. >> |> >> |> Session_Manager=local/bison:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2422 >> |> AUDIT: Thu Apr 7 09:00:58 2005: 2418 X: client 4 rejected from local >> host >> |> Option given which is no longer supported in this version of >> Gnome-terminal; >> |> you might want to create a profile with the desired setting, and use >> the >> |> new --window-with-profile option >> |> Unable to open desktop file applications: >> |> ///Office/redhat-word-processor.desktop for panel launcher: Error >> reading >> |> file 'applications:///office/redhat-word-processor.desktop' : file >> not found >> |> <snip> >> |> Saving Session: >> |> gnome-terminal --use-factory >> --window-with-profile-internal-ID=Default --show-member >> |> --role=gnome-terminal-14721 --1476088167-1090439518 --title >> |> root@bison:~ --working-directory /root --zoom 1 >> |> Waiting for X server to shut down >> |> >> |> I would appreciate any suggestions on what to look for, where to >> look, other >> |> diagnostic steps, etc. that will assist me in returning my root user >> desktop >> |> back to normal. Could a solution be a simple as copying a set of >> |> configuration files from a user that is working normally? If so what >> files? >> |> Thanks for any assistance. >> |> >> |> Jeff Boyce >> |> www.meridianenv.com >> |> >> |> >> >> Unless I have made a lot of changes to the desktop I normally just >> start over by removing or renaming all the directories in my home >> directory that start with .gconf and .gnome. Then on my next login >> those directories are recreated with the system default settings. >> I haven't figured out any other way to recover. >> >> This seems to happen more often than it should. Not sure why. >> >> Barry >> > > I tried the renaming approach and the result is the same, a blank (black) > desktop screen. Someone else suggested creating a dummy user and copying > the files from that user, but this approach created more problems due to > references to the new dummy user in the configuration files. So I am > still > looking for more (better) suggestions. 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