Update for UbuntuMATE 16.04.6 broke the GUI

[Bret Busby]

On 26/08/2019, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:15:58 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
>>Hey there,
>>
>>Bret Busby wrote:
>>
>>>How do I access, or, reset, my profile for my primary account?
>>
>>This should do it:
>>
>>https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460874
>>
>>The final post from JCollierDavis in that thread looks like it covers
>>everything that would be needed. Also, since you're moving your home
>>directory and making a fresh copy, you'll be creating a backup as you
>>do this, so if anything goes wrong, it's reversible.
>
> If you want to get an old wallpaper from the wall, use a sledgehammer
> to tear down the wall, then build up a new wall and you get a wall
> without an old wallpaper.
>
> I even wouldn't reset all Mate schemas, however running
>
>   gsettings list-schemas | grep org.mate | xargs -n 1 gsettings
> reset-recursively
>
> likely resets most Mate related apps.
>

Each of that command and

gsettings reset-recursively org.mate.panel

and

gsettings reset-recursively org.mate.panel.menubar

return

dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Cannot autolaunch
D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY


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Bret Busby
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West Australia
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