gnome session does not start anymore

[Marco Mandl]

On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:52:54 +0100, Colin Brace wrote:

> On 1/6/07, Marco Mandl <marco.mandl at gmx.at> wrote:
> 
>> suddenly the gnome session does not start anymore.
> 
> This is annoying but not fatal.
> 
> You'll need to log in using the safe session or the emergency terminal
> or even KDE. In the terminal window, type "ls -alrt" to get an idea of
> files where changed most recently in your home directory. Try deleting
> .gconfd/ and see if that fixes things. If not, try deleting .gconf/,
> .gnome/, and .gnome2/. Also potential culprits are .*ICE* files.
> 
> All these files will be automatically generated with their default
> values when you log in anew. You will lose some settings, such as your
> Gnome panel configuration, but eventually you be able to log in
> normally.

Thank you. It solved the problem but I lost really a lot of settings.

/m