Also try deleting the files in /tmp owned by that user. Or if she is not logged in delete everything in /tmp and reboot. I've fixed gnome more than once with this trick. <div>On 6/8/07, David Whitmer <<a href="mailto:thewhitmers@gmail.com">thewhitmers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Maybe try deleting the ".kde" directory from her home directory (after making a backup of course). KDE should recreate it from defaults the next time she logs in. David Whitmer On 6/8/07, Huck < <a href="mailto:dhuckaby@paasda.org">dhuckaby@paasda.org</a>> wrote: > or you just backup the DATA that she needs...and delete the use and > recreate the user. > > then restore the DATA > > --Huck > > Carl Keil wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I have one user who's "desktop" settings are completely hosed. Her > > applications menus are gone, some of her applications won't launch when > > they will for other users, even her terminal (which only I use in her > > account, for troubleshooting) is acting really strange. I can't > > describe the terminal problems too well. Strange characters when I > > type, can't backspace, can't copy and/or paste., etc. She's my one user > > who insists on using KDE btw. > > My question, is there anyway to wholesale restore her defaults? This > > person is the main user of the thin clients, she has a ton of work, > > bookmarks, etc. I can't lose any of that stuff. I do have backups in > > case something goes wrong. I'm thinking of just creating a new user > > account for her and moving her files over, but it will be hard to get > > all her preferences, etc. > > > > This is K12LTSP 5, in a household environment. > > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > ck > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > K12OSN mailing list > > <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> > > For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > K12OSN mailing list > <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> > For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> > _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org"> http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div>