[ubuntu-za] Home directory

[Tom Bamford]

Hi Bill

As you deduced it's likely one or more files in your home dir are missing
with your GUI environment. Log in on a virtual console and try moving them
[one by one] to another directory. Off the top of my head, some suggestions
in no particular order: .config, .local, .dbus, .gconf, .gnome2, .cache,
.ICEauthority, .Xauthority, perhaps even .compiz if it exists.

After [re]moving each one hit ctrl+alt+f7/8/9 and log in normally to test.
If the gui freezes up, go back to the VC and issue sudo restart lightdm

Hope this helps

Tom



On 19 January 2013 19:13, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 19 January 2013 16:18, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> UUID=dd351cd8-79f9-479b-8297-65cbc834cc28 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
> >
> >
> > Looks correct.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Hilton Gibson
>
> Well the answer is yes and no.
>
> Yes - if I put that into fstab, my home directory is back to where it
> used to be. So the question that I asked is now solved. Thanks to all
> of you who helped.
>
> But no. I am back to where I was and the system behaves like it used
> to behave before I re-installed. In fact a bit worse. I started up ok
> and logged in and had my nice Unity screen. i went into Nautilus and
> checked everything is what is used to be. I tried to go into Firefox
> and immediately got a Compiz error. Did I want to send an error report
> - yes. Did i want to relaunch Compiz - yes. Compiz restarted and
> immediately got another error.
>
> I tried again - this time I tried to launch a terminal through the
> launcher. same thing.
>
> I rebooted again. (As I don't have a toolbar when Compiz dies, I had
> to power off and power on). This time it seemed that Compiz did not
> even start - no toolbar at all.
>
> Ctl+Alt+F2 gave me a terminal session and I installed Xubuntu-desktop.
> (I was quite proud of myself being able to do that using the command
> line actually - I have learned something!) I rebooted into Xubuntu but
> it had the same problem - no toolbars. Perhaps this means that the
> problem is more basic than Compiz.
>
> Fortunately I have a "Run Nautilus" icon on my desktop and I was able
> to get to fstab and restore it.
>
> Now I am back with a system that runs perfectly but does not have my
> home directory.
>
> This is strange as it seems that there is something in my home
> directory that breaks my GUI. Any ideas?
>
> Bill
>
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