>>>>> "Kam" == Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Kam> On 9/22/07, Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>>> "Tim" == Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
Tim> On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 08:52 +0100, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> >> My GNOME desktop, panels, menus etc. are in a real mess.
>> >>
>> >> What I would like to do is get back to a new user's
>> layout. Is >> there any easy way to do this? If not, what is
>> the difficult >> way?
>>
Tim> You probably want to look through your ~/.gconf* and
Tim> ~/.gnome* directories.
>>
Tim> Log out, and then log in to a text-only console rather than
Tim> graphically. Now you can work on them without fighting
Tim> against Gnome. e.g. rename the parent directories, and then
Tim> log in again, as a brute force method.
>>
>> Thanks Tim. I deleted them all as I don't use Evolution, and
>> wasn't really concerned about any other settings.
>>
>> Now it all seems quite reasonable EXCEPT As well as Icons for
>> Computer, Wastebasket and colin's Home on the desktop, I have
>> an icon for every file and directory in my home directory
>> (except for hidden ones).
>>
>> Is this supposed to happen? I want to turn it off if I can. --
>> Colin Adams Preston Lancashire
Kam> If Gnome is really buggered-up just delete the entire .gnome
Kam> directory.
I have already done that - see above.
--
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
