(warty) gnome-panel crash on login

[toyfactory]

Well, I tried uninstalling completely and then reinstalling gnome-panel,
gnome-panel-data, gnome-applets and gnome-applets data without success.

After some fiddling around I managed to create a new user and login
successfully, I then tried to backup my existing gnome config files and
copy the fresh config files from the new user.  After more fiddling to
get the groups and permissions right I restarted gnome and logged in as
the old user.  Same problem, but now I discover the folder I put my
backup config files in is, you guessed it, completely empty!  So I'm
back to square one, minus all my config files.  Well, maybe I didn't
need them anyway...

The rate this is going I'll end up having to reinstall the whole damn
system just because gnome decided to throw a hissy fit for no apparent
reason.  Which conveniently brings me to my next question (see another
post).

Nick

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:15:23 +0900, "toyfactory" <toyfactory at xsmail.com>
said:
> Just now Gnome-panel crashed, and kept crashing.  I hit Ctrl-Alt-
> Backspace and tried to log in again, same problem.  I hit Ctrl-Alt-
> Backspace and restarted, same problem when I try to log back in.
> 
> I don't know what I did to cause this problem, other than successfully
> installing the xchm file viewer using Synaptic, and unsuccessfully
> attempting to copy a Firefox Internet shortcut from the desktop to a
> mounted vfat drive. Gnome is now unusable so for the time being it's
> back to Windows (which incidentally feels a good deal more responsive
> than Gnome).
> 
> I've tried to remove and reinstall gnome-panel using the 'safe-mode'
> login but it hasn't solved the problem.  Is there anything else I should
> try to reinstall or are there any configuration files that might have
> gotten mangled?
> 
> Thanks again for your help,
> 
> Nick
> 
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