GNOME does not work need to boot into KDE

vucko · 03-21-2007, 06:01 PM

Hi!

I am using SUSE 10.1. I logged into GNOME and decided to change my default GNOME theme. The system froze and after a reboot I can no longer get into GNOME.Does anyone know :

1. How to manually change GNOME theme back to default theme
2. Does anyone know how to boot into KDE?

I have lots of data, pictures and musis and I have completely destroyed my installation.

Many thanks in advance

Ivan

Simon Bridge · 03-21-2007, 07:09 PM

Relax, you havn't "completely destroyed" anything. The modular nature of linux means that you have just frozen gnome. You can always just use the x console, for eg.

If KDE is installed, then you can select it as a "session" in the login screen. There is usually a menu option for this. There are other session options to explore too.

In the absence of a session menu, you can always ctrl-alt-backspace into console mode, login from there. You can start kdm and/or edit your files from there.

vucko · 03-22-2007, 03:40 AM

Thanks for the response. I have managed to start kde. I have tried running gnome-theme-manager but it crashes. Does anyone know how I could change back to original GNOME theme by changing some config file? If I achieve this I will be able to start my GNOME back.

Simon Bridge · 03-26-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by vucko

Thanks for the response. I have managed to start kde. I have tried running gnome-theme-manager but it crashes. Does anyone know how I could change back to original GNOME theme by changing some config file? If I achieve this I will be able to start my GNOME back.

Sure - my gnome themes are found in the .themes directory in $HOME, try deleting the theme you fiddled.