On Friday 23 November 2007 11:03:16 pm Tom Horsley wrote: > One good thing to try: Make a brand new, never before logged > in user on your system, and login as the new user. That will > give you a user with all default settings to check out. I > often find that weird things are busted down inside .gnome > or .gconf directories if I try to completely restore my > home directory after an upgrade. Thanks Tom. Yes, I know that trick. I have a test account for that ..I just delete everything in it (including hidden files) and start my fresh new gnome or kde session.