Xubuntu-10.04 Torqued

[John Altstatt]

Hi Rich;

I recently had to recover xfce from some screwup.
(running 4.8.0 on Suse 11.4)

Login as root
rm -r ~username/.cache
rm -r ~username/.config

That got me back to where I could reset all my preferences, and all is 
functional again.

HTH,


-John


On 08/22/2011 01:25 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> My friend's laptop runs xubuntu-10.04 and she has somehow managed to get
> the system's undies in a knot that I cannot untie. For example, xfwm4 is
> not
> running so there's only 1 frameless window. When I press alt-F2 and place
> the cursor in the command line widget I cannot erase the current
> contents or
> re-write them with the desired command. The panel settings box is set for 6
> workspaces, but only 1 appears on the panel
>
> Despite my years running xfce I've no idea how to start fixing this mess.
> I want to gain control over the system so I restore functionality and also
> upgrade her distribution.
>
> All advice and suggestions appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
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