problems with Ubuntu 8.04 display
 

I am having a problem with Ubuntu 8.04... I am unable to boot in to Gnome, I just get a black screen. If I boot into KDE the desktop loads fine. If I load my wifes profile I can boot into Gnome. I think I screwed something up with resolution/display settings.

Can I copy the resolution display settings from my wifes Gnome profile to my profile?

If you are able to login to a graphical session (of any sort), you have already booted -- you're not "booting" into Gnome/KDE.

The "cleanest" way to fix this is to move the whole .gnome2 directory to say .gnome2-sav, by getting a command prompt login (CTRL-ALT-F1)before you login to the gnome desktop, and then type the command

mv .gnome2 .gnome2-sav

in your home directory at the command prompt. This will "remove" all gnome desktop settings.

Logout and then log back in to the gnome desktop (CTRL-ALT-F7) and gnome will be set up to the default.

If you find that everything stuffs up, you can always reverse the above procedure.

Another method is to create a new user and use that to login and move all your stuff (docos etc) to that new user (too much like hard work)

ArfaSmif, Thanks this worked perfectly. I really appreciate your help.

tmbigrigg

That's good to hear. You can now remove the saved .gnome2-sav directory if you wish by using the following command :-

$ rm -rf .gnome2-sav