On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 14:08 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > I dist-upgraded Etch (Testing) today. Attempting to open a Gnome session > caused Gnome to abort and made other virtual terminals unusable (they > all had a screen with a coloured pattern and no prompt or text). This > was true for any existing user with a gnome configuration. Newly-created > users did not have this problem. > > I can solve the problem by deleting each user's ~/.gconf file (mv .gconf > .gconf.old). Each user must then login and rebuild their preferences (eg > theme, panel applets etc) from scratch. Is there an easier way? Not that I am aware of. There plenty of Harder ways though. It all depends on if anything in settings is important. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, Better, Faster: Linux Use Debian GNU/Linux, its a bazaar thing NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice, and certainly without probable cause. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection.
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