ubuntu/gnome/firefox? problem

[KE7FEG]

Neither Craig's nor Cat's suggestion helped. Anyone
with any ideas? The taskbar is still blank, and when
firefox is open, nothing in the taskbar. Folder Icons
are on the desktop, and the top of the screen is still
there ("the foot", computer, etc) and works okay.
Taskbar exists, but blank!

Thanks Craig/Cat

--- Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 11:21 -0800, KE7FEG wrote:
> > First off, this is the wife's mess, er, computer.
> > 
> > The window is messed up. No desktop choice thingy,
> > firefox window when opened then minimized
> disappears
> > and cannot be found. In other words the bottom
> taskbar
> > is blank even when something is opened on the
> desktop.
> > You cannot return to the 'other' browser window
> nor
> > say an app that you opened if you open another
> > app/browser/whatever!
> > 
> > What happened is somehow, some site suddenly gave
> a
> > 'whole bunch' of popups, and when she closed the
> last
> > one, this is the result.
> > 
> > Not even sure where stuff is myself. Not sure the
> > burner will burn her 'important' files.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> ----
> save any necessary documents and log out (if
> possible) and log back in.
> 
> If log out is not possible
> <Control><Alt><Shift><Backspace>
> 
> kills XWindows
> 
> log back in
> 
> If after login, problem remains...log out
> 
> Get root shell
> 
> cd /users_home_directory_with_problem
> 
> mv .gnome .gnome-bak
> mv .gnome2 .gnome2-bak
> 
> then log in.
> 
> If you need application data/settings, you will have
> to copy them back
> later from the 'bak' files that you just created.
> 
> Craig
> 
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