Best way to remove gnome?

Ted Gould ted at gould.cx
Wed Aug 19 06:46:10 MST 2009


On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 06:26 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I tried creating a new  account, and it works just fine. My old
> account is messed up somehow. I removed all the .gnome* dirs in my old
> account and did a reboot, but the account is still messed up. When I
> log in, all I get is a blank menu bar and the background wallpaper.
> Three processes take off and I have to reboot or the machine locks up.
> Please see attached screen shot of top.

I think you forgot the screenshot, but that's okay, it won't be that
useful.  The .gnome* directories aren't the only thing effecting gnome
settings, there is also .gconf which stores all the settings.  If there
is no gconfd running you can just delete .gconf.  A bit brutal, but will
work.

		--Ted


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