problem with viewing GUI...

deveshgade152003 · 01-05-2008, 06:06 AM

i ws changing the "themes " of the desktop to change its appearance....i think i selected a theme whose files were not present .....hence the GUI for that particular user does not appear and the comp hangs.....
however LINUX runs for that user in the command prompt mode .......
any suggestions or commands to restart the GUI for that username???
the GUI appears properly for all other users!!

Mega Man X · 01-05-2008, 07:54 AM

What is your "GUI" exactly. Gnome? KDE? What distribution are you using?

deveshgade152003 · 01-09-2008, 03:35 AM

i m using the PCQ linux 2007 distribution.....n since i m a beginner i m not able to tell whether it is Gnome or KDE desktop.

marciobarbalho · 01-09-2008, 07:44 AM

Google it:

Code:

what is kde

http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/

Google is a "friend" of yours !

deveshgade152003 · 01-10-2008, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mega Man X

What is your "GUI" exactly. Gnome? KDE? What distribution are you using?

it is the kde desktop i m using

vertigo88x · 01-10-2008, 11:29 AM

you can try loggin in as root then create a new user from there.

deveshgade152003 · 01-12-2008, 10:19 AM

but the above problem occurs for root also!!!

mrclisdue · 01-12-2008, 11:12 AM

Whilst I know this solution will work for Gnome, I'm going to *guess* that it'll work for KDE, and some preliminary googling indicates that it should. The very worst that could happen is that you'll have to reverse the simple step.

Login to a console as the affected user and:

Code:

user$ mv .kde .kdebak

Now, login to kde as the affected user, and kde will recreate the user's config. Any of the previous customizations will be in .kdebak, so you should be able to restore them one-by-one.

hth