Help can't login!

[Pete Smout]

On Sep 16, 2013 1:48 PM, "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 16 September 2013 13:22, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the ideas, I've run the commands above, yes I can confirm
that I
> > own all files in my home dir!
> > Unfortunately I cannot login to my original account, so perhaps I've
been
> > barking up the wrong tree all along!
>
> Well, if it's not that, it's a corrupted settings file for some
> element of your desktop. You can move them, one by one, into a
> subdirectory, where they won't activate, until you isolate the one
> that stops the problem occurring - then delete it, and move the others
> back.
>
> Without looking at lots and lots of log files, many not very readable,
> that's more or less the only way to do it.
>
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Hi,
Thanks for the idea, just reassure me, the files are the .conf files in my
home folder? Always nervous about moving system files!
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