Thanks for the info, Ed. I now have a new command sequence to write down =
for=20
my file; unfortunately, it didn't work for me.=20
~
~ Hey Mike,
~ =A0 =A0 =A0I've sometimes noticed problems with the desktop and launche=
rs, more
=A0so ~ with older distributions. In some cases, I think these are due to=
some
=A0of the ~ software updates I've applied -- updating a key piece of soft=
ware
=A0may ~ "depend" on another piece I don't know about and so the update m=
ay not
=A0be ~ 100% successful. And the more software that is upgraded, the more
=A0likely this ~ will happen. This is what makes the creation of a major
=A0distribution so ~ difficult. Everything has to be cross-tested and, if=
a
=A0problem develops, the ~ appropriate pieces replaced and then everythin=
g
=A0re-cross-tested because that ~ "fix" may have broken something else.
~ =A0 =A0 =A0A related possibility is that there are some "leftovers" in =
the /tmp
~ filesystem. I've seen this often enough, and the "fix" is much easier t=
o do
~ and much less problematic than the upgrade situation. You might want to=
try
~ cleaning out the /tmp filesystem. Do this:
~ 1) Log-off.
~ 2) Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a simple console prompt (actually, you coul=
d
=A0use ~ any of the first six function keys to get to any of six console
=A0prompts, and ~ Ctrl-Alt-F7 will take you back to X-land).
~ 3) Login (through the console prompt) as the root user.
~ 4) CAREFULLY do this command:
~ =A0 =A0 =A0rm -rf /tmp/*
~ =A0 =A0 MAKE SURE YOU TYPE THIS EXACTLY RIGHT. IN PARTICULAR,
~ THERE MUST BE *no* SPACES in "/tmp/*". (IF THIS IS DONE WRONG,
~ THE ENTIRE SYSTEM MAY NEED TO BE RE-INSTALLED!)
~ 5) And do this command:
~ =A0 =A0 =A0sync
~ 6) Now, reboot the system. On my machine I use the following command:
~ =A0 =A0 =A0reboot
~ 7) Log-in normally and see if things are better.
~
~ =A0 =A0 =A0The /tmp filesystem, in theory at least, "can be" discarded =
every time
~ the system is rebooted. In practice, however, this doesn't always happe=
n
=A0(but ~ "why" I don't know). My theory is that the desktop, among other
=A0tools, ~ sometimes leaves behind information in /tmp and attempts to u=
se it
=A0when you ~ login again. By manually cleaning out /tmp, the desktop is =
forced
=A0to use ~ default values again.
~
~ =A0 =A0 =A0Good luck!
~
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