Is it possible to remove Gnome?

Yig · 02-01-2006, 12:27 PM

I think that something is wrong with my Gnome installation (version 2.8).

It became very sluggish recently.

I wanted to remove it and reinstall it but there is no check box in the Package Manager to remove Gnome.

So, I would need to list all the packages being used by Gnome and rpm -e them manually?

I'm also using KDE 3.5.

acid_kewpie · 02-01-2006, 12:39 PM

removing is probably very pointless. instead just delete all your user config directories - ~/.gnome ~/.gconf etc...

Yig · 02-01-2006, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

removing is probably very pointless. instead just delete all your user config directories - ~/.gnome ~/.gconf etc...

Doing so will recreate them after I reboot?

Is it the same thing as reinstalling Gnome?

Edit: I removed the files and tried to use Gnome after. It's even worse now. Takes about 30 sec before I see the logoff menu if I click on logoff.

acid_kewpie · 02-01-2006, 01:16 PM

if you remove gnome you will remove a bunch of files that have not changed at all since you installed them. when you reinstall you will reinstall the exact same files again. nothing will have changed.

Yig · 02-01-2006, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

if you remove gnome you will remove a bunch of files that have not changed at all since you installed them. when you reinstall you will reinstall the exact same files again. nothing will have changed.

OK then.

Any other suggestion?

And any idea where I could find Gnome 2.12 RPMs that would work on CentOS?

KimVette · 02-01-2006, 01:44 PM

HOLD ON

Before you delete those directories, create a new user account and try logging into that account. If it's not sluggish THEN, then you know one of your various config files under $HOME is the culprit, and not the software itself. However I would mv rather than rm the directories because some apps do store data in those directories.

Yig · 02-01-2006, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KimVette

HOLD ON

Before you delete those directories, create a new user account and try logging into that account. If it's not sluggish THEN, then you know one of your various config files under $HOME is the culprit, and not the software itself. However I would mv rather than rm the directories because some apps do store data in those directories.

I used a user that was already there and created a new one to run some tests.

It runs a bit better than with root.

I think that the problem is with the Update notification icon... Until it appears, it is very sluggish.

Weird thing is that the server is pretty powerful (2 CPUs and 2 GB of RAM).

pixellany · 02-01-2006, 02:44 PM

How do you know that it is Gnome that is slow? Could there be some other process(es) eating up the cpu?

I would think that simply installing the latest Gnome would effectively wipe out the existing install. You might check the Gnome site for any hints.

Yig · 02-01-2006, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pixellany

How do you know that it is Gnome that is slow? Could there be some other process(es) eating up the cpu?

I would think that simply installing the latest Gnome would effectively wipe out the existing install. You might check the Gnome site for any hints.

Gnome is/was the default GUI.

Now, KDE is actually faster than Gnome.

The main purpose of the server is to be our (small) CVS repository. And I know that the guys are not using it right now. We usually work with it from within Eclipse. We rarely ever actually use the physical server.

Look like I'll just give up and stick with KDE