Gnome 3 - Lost Desktop - Restore default files?

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#1

Hi there

I think I made one tweak too far and as a result have lost my desktop - no top panel, launcher just a blank screen with my desktop background.

I’ve created a new user and everything is fine under that account so I don’t think it is terminal.

Can anybody tell me which files I should delete/replace to restore the desktop back to it’s default settings?

I’ve deleted the .gnome2, .gconf and .gconfd folders but that has not solved the problem.

Any suggestions.

Many thanks

#2

try to delete the ~/.config/dconf folder.

#3

Many thanks for that - it appeared to do the job.

Cheers

#4

Hi. I have a similar problem which I posted in this forum ( applicatingions are restored to default every restart ). I tried this solution and didn’t seem to work. In addition to losing the desktop, I can’t seem to control it as well. The default applications in the favorites panel is restored every restart. I also can’t change the background image and several other settings. My desktop is not appearing as blank though. I can still use it normally. But I really can’t seem to alter the settings. I also lost the icons at the top panel. Well technically they are just invisible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

#5

Sounds like a permissions problem. Check your home directories and make sure all files are owned by you and have full permissions.

You can create a new test user to see if the problem is local or system wide. Note DO NOT log on to a GUI as root!!!

#6

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the same problem persisted in the test user account that I created (I assigned the user standard privileges). I’m really at a lost.

#7

by the way, I was trying to install gtk+extra and lm-sensors when this happened. To install gtk+extra i had to install gtk±2.0 and up plus its dependencies. In one instance I had to an LDCONFIG. I also activated a haldaemon service and a lm-sensors service. Anyway just wanted to share this in case it means something.

#8

This means you changed quite a lot of things that could all be causing the trouble. Can you roll back the changes made and see if things get back to a working situation?

#9

Will uninstalling them be the same as rolling back? Thanks!