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Old 04-25-2008, 11:04 PM   #1
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Angry Emerald stopped working after upgrading from gusty to hardy

WHY.......... does it have somthing to do with the window manager? why would emerald stop working after upgrading........ and i did try and uninstall and reinstall???? arg
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Old 04-26-2008, 03:48 PM   #2
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Did you delete the configuration in your home folder? Maybe there is a conflict in the configurations between the old and new version.

I would create a new user account and see if it works there.
 
Old 04-27-2008, 12:41 AM   #3
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not it
nope not it..... tried creating another user and then deleting the emerald directory from my home directory.. neither worked... thanks for the reply tho... still in a state of ARG!!!!!!!!!
 
Old 04-27-2008, 01:27 AM   #4
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If you start emerald manually from a terminal, do you get any errors?
 
Old 04-28-2008, 05:15 PM   #5
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it suggest the --replace option.. worked like a charm

now how do I get it to do it upon restart?
 
  


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