From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 24 21:26:46 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 CC6791065675 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:26:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao103.cox.net (eastrmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.240.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B72C8FC1C for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20100624212646.CSYC27114.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:26:46 -0400 Received: from localhost ([68.103.37.153]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id ZxSl1e0063JFCbG02xSl0K; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:26:45 -0400 X-VR-Score: -200.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=9hqMks3O5GNLj/qlJOa2Pir5HjFKYRx/CqtbUNZ5PAg= c=1 sm=1 a=bFuO9vRmKjgA:10 a=uEzv4HemXiYA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=N4x68aYdfVlkKDflYggXRA==:17 a=vtXoPY2jAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=TF_7edFPtGNON7N0KL4A:9 a=zi5sggU0044rJ8FL0a8A:7 a=qeZj6GGmSdMtJE4f-fM0vzfzlkkA:4 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=EjqEEEZFVOMA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=N4x68aYdfVlkKDflYggXRA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Kevin Oberman" References: <20100623192906.406641CC0D@ptavv.es.net> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:30:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Jeremy Messenger" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20100623192906.406641CC0D@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.10 (Linux) Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:26:46 -0000 On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:29:06 -0500, Kevin Oberman wrote: > 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. At the every release of GNOME, I always clear out all of .* configuration files/folders to get my GNOME desktop runs reliable while others don't have to. Why? What's wrong w/ it? I dunno. Sorry, it's not exactly useful reply but it's all I can say. Cheers, Mezz > (I'd just love to know how .xmodmap broke the screensaver.) -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org