Restting Gnome

[cmnorton]

I am in a pickle. Today, I just completed rebuilding my workstation. It is Ubuntu 9.10.

I did load some KDE files, because I want to use Konqueror.

At the end of the day, I logged out, but needed to log back in right away.

When logging in as the primary user, only an X-term shows at the upper left, and the login won't complete to a fully displayed screen with panels, desktop, and so on. However, my additional users' logins log in with no problems.

For my primary user, what do I need to reset, what files do I need to delete, to get out of this?

I would appreciate any advice or help.

Thank you.

Edit:
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I have tried resetting the .gnome* directories, which did not work. I have a feeling this may be resetting X.

[max-power2717]

Hi there,

I don't know if this will help, but perhaps simply restarting gdm?

At the login screen press CTRL+ALT+F1, and log into the terminal.

Stop the window manager:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

Start the window manager:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

You should then be presented with the gnome login screen as per usual.

Hope this solves your issue.

[cmnorton]

Since posting, I have backed up my files; deleted, and then re-created the user with the same problems. I can log in. I get that login screen. But once I log in, I am presented with a tiny little x-term in the upper left.