GNOME desktop problem

[Kam Leo]

On 06 Jul 2005 07:03:20 +0100, Colin Paul Adams
<colin at colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I've just had to reboot my FC4 machine for the second time in under a
> week, as, whilst navigating from one desktop pane to another (using
> Ctrl-Alt-arrows), the input (mouse and keyboard suddenly siezed up).
> 
> Now, I find I do not have the default background on my desktop (just
> plain dark-blue), nor will the right mouse button bring up the context
> menu that allows me to change the desktop background (amongst other
> things).
> 
> What can I do?
> --
> Colin Adams
> Preston Lancashire

Go to your home directory and rename .gconf, e.g. "cd /home/user_name;
mv .gconf .gconf.sav".  A gnome desktop with default settings will be
created when you next log in.