MAJOR gnome problems/crashes after FC2->FC3 upgrade :-(

[Johnathan Bailes]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:38:20 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> Neil Bird wrote:
> >
> >   After upgrading to FC3 last W/E from FC2 (all latest updates applied),
> > the back-end OS stuff is all working without a hitch
> > (networking/mail/usb/etc.).
> >
> >   But gnome's borked.  gnome-background-properties crashes during
> > thumbnail creation (but not sure that's the issue).  gconf-editor
> > crashes at start-up.  The window-list applet only displays it's
> > drag-button plus I *think* a 1-pixel-wide display.  The system monitor
> > applet either won't start or is displaying nothing (in which case I've
> > probably 4-5 of them now).  (Oh, and the main system menu only displays
> > text;  the icons have gone.  Is that right?)
> 
> Do the same problems appear for a freshly-created user with no existing
> gnome settings?
> 
> Paul.
> 

Everytime I update my Linux as a gnome user I tend to whack all the
.gnome* and .gconf* dirs and start my gnome-settings from scratch
which yes I know don't throw anything at me is a pain.

Be sure PLEASE to check around those dirs and if you are one of the
few people in the universe that uses nautilus-scripts like I do
remember to back them up.

There was this time I do not like to talk about where I did not and
had to go and redo all my naut scripts and I was not a happy man.  The
SCP to Location scripts for example are a blessing to a sysadmin like
myself.