ubuntu/gnome/firefox? problem

[KE7FEG]

Wife wanted me to 'order' full debian and I have. So
will copy all her 'writings' to cdrom's and then wipe
and load full debian from the 2 dvd's. She never
really liked Gnome. Prefers KDE.

--- KE7FEG <eculbert at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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Ed Culbertson/ke7feg
Remeber Katrina? 
For several days, only hams could get out, and talk to others.

No Morse Code required for Technician class licensee
New hand helds start at about $85 and up for single band 
transcievers at many dealers, just fyi.

Long live Knoppix, and Puppy Live Linux cd's.
Complete  operating systems free if downloaded.
I am running w/o a hard drive on both!!

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