[ubuntu-za] Desktop settings issues in 13.04

[Robin Bownes]

Hi Quintin,

I must say that I really had high hopes for this proposed solution. It 
sounds like it should work - but unfortunately it changes absolutely 
nothing. The fact that it doesn't change anything seems completely 
illogical to me.

Thanks.

Robin

On 04/29/2013 09:21 AM, Quintin van Rooyen wrote:
> Just a shot because this worked for me before:
>
> a) Does the old /home/ drive automount?
> b) If it does, does your new user have ownership of all the files in 
> the old /home/$username/ directory?
> c) If all of the above are true, make backups of these files, and 
> replace them with files from the working user (tmp user) and make sure 
> you have ownership of them on the old (non working) /home/$user/;
>     .ICEauthority
>     .Xauthority
> d) If still no joy also copy over 
>  /home/$testuser/.dbus/session-bus/$file (there is a file in the 
> session-bus directory that you can move over) to the same place in 
> your old /home.
>
> MAKE BACKUPS OF THE FILES BEFORE YOU COPY OVER THE NEW ONES. I don't 
> want you to trash your login for your old install as well.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> On 29 April 2013 08:49, Robin Bownes <robin at bownes.co.za 
> <mailto:robin at bownes.co.za>> wrote:
>
>
>     On 28/04/2013 22:23, Robin Bownes wrote:
>
>
>         On 28/04/2013 21:23, Wesley wrote:
>
>             That's why I said move them, it satisfies the backup and
>             clear requirements in one step. Good call on keeping mail
>             data and ssh keys. May want to export those first to be safe.
>
>         Hi All,
>
>         Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, this sounds completely
>         logical, and fits the scenario of the problem. However, (and I
>         must say unexpectedly for me) it did not work at all. The
>         screen, and the accompanying problems are exactly the same.
>
>         Robin
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     This problem still exists, and I'm hoping that someone who may not
>     have seen it over the weekend will have some ideas. To recap:
>
>     1) Fresh 13.04 install. All was good till I linked to my
>     pre-existing home folder in a separate partition.
>     2) Then, login screen remains as desktop background - I'm unable
>     to get right-click menus on desktop - I'm unable to change desktop
>     background - system hangs quite often (sometimes critically) when
>     I minimise or close a window (not consistent).
>
>     My own thinking agreed with the advice that I've received so far,
>     saying that the problem obviously relates directly to my home
>     folder. With this in mind, I have done the following, but without
>     any success:
>
>     1) Reset compiz settings (using the new method)
>     2) Deleted all hidden folders & files in my home folder, with the
>     exception of the Thunderbird & Virtualbox folders, which I need.
>
>     While logically this should have some effect, it does nothing, and
>     the problem remains.
>
>     I set up a test user, and as expected, there is no problem when I
>     log in as the test user.
>
>     I really hope that someone might have a fresh insight into this
>     problem on this Monday morning. Thanks again to those who've
>     already given advice, and thanks in advance to the genius whose
>     going to (hopefully) figure this out.
>
>
>     Robin
>
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