Restoring defaults in Ubuntu Gnome

[Michael Butash]

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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