Restoring defaults in Ubuntu Gnome

[Eric Shubert]

FWIW, I'm patiently sticking with the LTS track (Heron at this point).

The only problem I'm having with it (that I know of) is getting the 
update to Pidgin for yahoo backported.

Michael Butash wrote:
> Contemplate long and hard upgrading, I've had a host of quirky issues
> since updating ibex to jaunty that have been annoying me.  These include
> screen saver not working (and subsequent locking), random x crashes when
> I scroll wheel in firefox (wtf?), and still the same old memory leaks
> that I've seemed to have for years across ubuntu releases.  I found
> launchpad reports for the x crash, but seems to be at a dead-end with a
> lot of complaints.  Probably better doing a clean install as always with
> ubuntu, but ymmv.
> 
> On the upside, pulseaudio is much improved (if you get the updated
> versions from custom ppa - no backports to ibex) with bluetooth device
> support, which was more or less my primary reason to upgrade.  Boot
> times are much better, and Evolution has gotten more stable as well -
> I've had no issues with it what so ever in Jaunty.
> 
> -mb
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 11:53 -0700, Joe wrote:
>> I managed to find the obscure link I used to removed gnome-panel in the
>> first place (and subsequently restored it). Basically, I opened
>> gconf-editor, went to /apps/gnome/session/required_components and
>> removed the entry for "panel". All I had to do was add "gnome-panel"
>> back in, remove AVN and Stalonetray from my session and log out. Once
>> the panel was running, I tweaked to my preferences and I'm back in business!
>>
>> Had I used your method, I assume it would have been something like...
>>
>> $ gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/gnome/session/required_components
>>
>> But, I just fixed it by hand. I also didn't try just removing .gnome
>> since it didn't seem like there was anything in there anyway.
>>
>> Thanks for the input though everyone. Now to contemplate the move to
>> 9.04 (finally!).
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>> Ted Gould wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 09:57 -0700, Joe wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to quickly change all my setting back to defaults? I
>>>> realize I could make a new user or possibly blow away my home dir and
>>>> start totally fresh, but I rather do neither (unless those are the only
>>>> options, of course). I would work backwards and restore the panel and
>>>> such, but I can't seem to find the directions I originally followed.
>>> It won't reset everything but I believe (but I'm unwilling to test :)
>>> that this will work:
>>>
>>>   $ gconftool --recursive-unset /
>>>
>>> Thought it will get any application that uses GConf's settings as well.
>>> You can be more specific by choosing something other that "/" -- which
>>> might be a good idea.
>>>
>>> 		--Ted
>>>


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-Eric 'shubes'