From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 19:29:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE33106580F for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:29:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C06D18FC1D for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o5NJT6uF023867 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29:06 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 406641CC0D for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29:06 -0700 (PDT) To: gnome@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29:06 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20100623192906.406641CC0D@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-06-23_03:2010-02-06, 2010-06-23, 2010-06-23 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1006230121 Cc: Subject: Problems with configuration files after multiple Gnome upgrades X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:29:08 -0000 After the upgrade to Gnome 2.30, various of my systems had a variety of "odd" issues. The most serious was the inability of gnome-screensaver to get a password and unlock. Two of my systems had this problem. Other issues included gnome-power-manager failing to exit on logout, the menu editor (alacarte) changes taking not instantiating until the panel is restarted and several other slightly misbehaving things. I removed .gnome2, .local, and .config. This fixed many problems, but not all. To fix the screensaver issue, I had to delete an old .xmodmap, of all things. I just stumbled across this. Is there anyplace to look for a list of files that save Gnome configuration? At least those used by standard apps? I hate to have to configure from scratch, but I'm much happier now that I have done so, at least for the stuff I could find. (I'd just love to know how .xmodmap broke the screensaver.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751