[nflug] GNOME problems

[paul]

K O wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I'm having a problem with GNOME on my laptop.  I have lost the title 
> bar in my apps, not allowing even moving their windows, as well as the 
> ability to switch desktops.  (My pre-defined keystrokes don't work, 
> and the applet in the panel is not visible.)  If it matters, then it's 
> a Fedora 7 system.
> 1.    This happened after a boot from a cold start.
> 2.    No updates were performed during the last successful boot.
> 3.    KDE comes up fine.
> 4.    GNOME under a different username comes up fine.
> 5.    I ran yum to update.  No visible results.
> 6.    I uninstalled and reinstalled gnome-panel and all dependencies. 
> Again, no visible results.
> 7.    I booted off an Ubuntu cd and ran fsck.  No errors.
> 8.    Windows appear in the upper left hand corner on top of the panel.
> 9.    Mouse pointer position determines active windows.  I didn't have 
> this option selected before.
> 10.    The window list will show the app as it's being launched, then 
> disappears once it's running.
> 11,    I've tried different themes with the same result.
>
> Also, something I feel worth mentioning is that after upgrading to 
> Fedora 7, a 2 cm ^2 patch in the upper left hand of the screen 
> appears.  It almost looks like an area of inverted colors.  That area 
> is accessible (tho unseen), and disappears after a minute or 2.  
> Again, this does not happen under a different username, or KDE.  Also, 
> GNOME has been a bit flaky under Fedora 6, but there was nothing a 
> relogin didn't usually fix.  Not so now.
>
> I don't really know where to begin.  I don't even know how to google 
> this one.  All I suspect for now is that some config file within the 
> home directory got borked.  I could really use a snausage to get me in 
> the right direction.  (My dog could use a snausage too, but here pure 
> people food lust is at play.)  As always, I thank you kindly for 
> whatever you can tell me to help.
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I think it would be faster to just reinstall Gnome instead of spending 
hours looking for a fix
However, I would list my important profile settings before an install so 
I could set them back to where they were
If it continues after a reinstall, then I would look into it more.
Sounds like one of the Gnome files may be corrupted or a bad link.
I have found that trying to trace these types of problems just leads u 
down the rabbit hole
and a reinstall is more productive- the architecture is irrelevant to me 
in these situations

That is how I would approach the problem, but thats me

Peace