Gnome Help...
One of my users is having some serious issues with the Gnome Desktop - this happened one time when "file roller" crashed on him and he had to hard power down, likely causing some file corruption.
The "location bar" does not show up in nautilus, and the main menu icons do not show up. Also, the keyboard does not do anything "fancy" (no repeating keys, no control or alt sequences work). I've tried creating a new user and the new user gets the same problems. the installed KDE desktop works fine, and that is what he is using now as a temporary solution, but he would prefer to use gnome, as would my company as it is the "standard"
I also tried updating gnome with the latest versions, to no luck. Basically, what I'm hoping I can do is a reinstall of gnome, without losing all the applications he has installed
On a related topic - is there a "best practice" to making the original install, so that if something does get seriously hosed, I can reinstall without having to lose everything? I know I'm thinking in a Windows-ish mindset, but Desktop Linux administration is a bit new to me - I've done linux servers for years, but those are all in telinit 3 ehehe.
Kinda odd how on windows, desktop admin is the entry level type chore, and servers are for the more advanced.. linux seems to be the opposite.. servers are easy like pie, and the desktop is the trick.. at least to me.
Anyway, thanks for the help.
The "location bar" does not show up in nautilus, and the main menu icons do not show up. Also, the keyboard does not do anything "fancy" (no repeating keys, no control or alt sequences work). I've tried creating a new user and the new user gets the same problems. the installed KDE desktop works fine, and that is what he is using now as a temporary solution, but he would prefer to use gnome, as would my company as it is the "standard"
I also tried updating gnome with the latest versions, to no luck. Basically, what I'm hoping I can do is a reinstall of gnome, without losing all the applications he has installed
On a related topic - is there a "best practice" to making the original install, so that if something does get seriously hosed, I can reinstall without having to lose everything? I know I'm thinking in a Windows-ish mindset, but Desktop Linux administration is a bit new to me - I've done linux servers for years, but those are all in telinit 3 ehehe.
Kinda odd how on windows, desktop admin is the entry level type chore, and servers are for the more advanced.. linux seems to be the opposite.. servers are easy like pie, and the desktop is the trick.. at least to me.
Anyway, thanks for the help.
