-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank McCormick wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Frank McCormick wrote: >>> Frank McCormick wrote: >>>> Running Sid - yesterday I moved a couple of partitions on my HD (without >>>> a backup, yeah I know ) and today discovered the gnome-control-center >>>> and update-manager is rather flaky. >>>> This is what I get: >>>> http://imagebin.ca/view/uciB1Q.html >>>> I have reinstalled a number of packages, including the >>>> gnome-control-center..but still get the messed up window. >> I guess it's rather related to your personal configuration files (you >> can't mess up root's packages, if you work as ordinary user). Have you >> tried to either remove your config files or just create a new user and >> check out, if the problem exists for the new user and his default settings? > > > OK I moved .gnome2 and .gnome out of the way....but no change. HOWEVER > a newly created user ( creatively named test ) doesn't show the problem. > That account can change the background fine (one of my problems) but I > can't test the update procedure (test doesn't have access). > > So which files (and or directories) are causing the problem??? >
Answering my own question again :) I moved the .gconf directory out of the way...and everything started working again. I have to redo all my customizations...but hey I should have done a backup before moving partitions. Cheers -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmDJAkACgkQnQV1aTcQlJspUACfSojHp1HddFUyZF96BGBaW+Tn tE0Anjz1rAzAmTn3nKHi/FEHMdJMefpM =aYnw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
