Gnome panel

[Pap3r]

Earlier today I had my first go at editing the font color on the panel. I followed a tutorial, forget which one, that was successful the first time. It told me to change the font to Bold, which worked, but I decided I wanted a cleaner font instead, so I decided to see if arial worked. I think I put it in the text[NORMAL] = "#000000" normal part, which I now realize is not for font... :) I typed killall gnome-panel and awaited results. Instead, however, I was stuck without panels; they didn't come back. I also could not get them back.

I cntr-alt-bkspc and try to log back in. X starts, and the log in screen functions; however, once I log in, it seems like it is loading, compiz fusion splash comes up, and then it all stops. I'm left with a black screen with a mouse. I can rotate my cube, but nothing else. It doesn't load in fail-safe either. I can access the terminal, but I don't know what to do.

[{BzF}~JOKesTER]

At Login Screen Press

ctrl+alt+f1 --At Once--

Give Username And Password When Asked And Login.

Now Type:

for i in .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity; do mv $i $i.old; done

That Should Do It

Enjoy!!

[HymnToLife]

Above post edited, instead of harshly deleting your profile, it just moves it somewhere else so you can retrieve it if needed.

[ugm6hr]

Above post edited, instead of harshly deleting your profile, it just moves it somewhere else so you can retrieve it if needed.

Sorry, I removed the post from the thread while you were editing. Returned with your edits.

[Pap3r]

I figure it out; a while aog actually, just forgot to put solved in, thanks anyway.

However, is there a way to remove the nasty shadow effect on transparent panels?

[Tenken]

If you're using compiz you can use that to edit shadow effects, I think you need compizconfig-settings-manager or gnome-compiz-manager installed too.

[Pap3r]

Indeed; thanks.