Restoring defaults in Ubuntu Gnome

[Michael Butash]

I'm too impatient to stick with hardy, invariably I need fixes/features
in the new ones no one feels like backporting. 

There is/was a workaround for it by using a different yahoo login host,
scsa.msg.yahoo.com that worked for me before getting the pidgin fix.

Have you tried the ppa for pidgin-developers?

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

I don't remember exactly if they had a hardy build, but I would hope so
since it is *lts*...

-mb


On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 12:58 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
> 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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