Is there a safe or easy downgrade FC5 > FC4??

Robert Nichols rnicholsNOSPAM at comcast.net
Sun Jun 18 21:05:09 UTC 2006


Beartooth wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:30:00 -0400, Beartooth wrote:
> 
>>I'm in process of downloading the backup data with scp from the problem
>>machine to the testbed one that I already downgraded; once that finishes,
>>I'll try logging out, logging back in, logging into the new user (called
>>GnomeTest), and if need be rebooting; and then report back. Many thanks to
>>all!
> 
> 
> Alas! even with the groupinstall done, my new user gets a fine gnome
> desktop --but I as btth do not.

Some bit of saved state is preventing Gnome from starting.  Log in
on a VT and move the .gconf* .gnome* and .metacity directories
from ~/btth to some out of the way place and then see if Gnome
will start for you.

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Bob Nichols         Yes, "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.




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