Desktop program links opening as text?

[geo]

Hmm....yes, the problem happens when I login to one of the kid's account too. This isn't happy news.

I don't like the idea of messing up their accounts, they worked so hard to make it just as they like it.

Isn't there any way to repair this problem besides creating new accounts from scratch?

geo


On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:47 AM, geo <yaktur at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, it's a fresh 7.10 OS install - I had to reformat the drive and I
> repartitioned it as well. But the home directories are saved from the
> previous 7.10 install.
> ...
> When I login as Root user, I just noticed....the problem doesn't occur. The
> Root account is on the same partition as the OS. Is this an important clue?

have you tried  a different account, not root or yourself, but another
normal user one?

Usually these type of problems are on a per-user basis, and the root
cause is problably somewhere in gnome config files in the user account
in his/her home directory. (the config files are in directories like
.gnome, .gnome2, etcin your home directory).

If a different account on your system doesn't have the problem, then
it is a strong hint that the problem is in your specific user home
directory, and not some sort of system-wide bug, or mysterious problem
a reinstall could solve.  If that's the case you can try to spend a
lot of time to track it down, and personally I don't even know where
to start to do that,  or you can start fresh with a totally new
account or new home directory for your account.

> You mentioned Nautilus? Is Nautilus responsible for the desktop behaviour? If so,
> is there a way to force Nautilus to remedy itself?
>
> (in the old Macintosh days when something didn't work right on the desktop you
>  just forced the Mac to rebuild the invisible desktop database, something you could
> do with a certain key sequence. Does something like this exist with Linux as well?)

that option doesn't exist, to my best knowledge, in either Linux, or OSX.

In the past, when I had problems with gnome, especially when migrating
between Linux version, I would clean up my home directory by starting
with a default one, and them moving my normal files/diredctory back
into that fresh home directory.  Yes there is a downside: all my
personalizations were lost, but I found that was easier to deal with
than having a half-broken configuration.




      
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