BananaFish
April 15th, 2009, 12:12 AM
Hi All,
I am currently moving my old Home folder to a new PC, trying to move my Evolution data at the moment. Found this on the Evolution website FAQs:
How can I transfer all my Evolution data from an old home directory to a new home directory?
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5. If for some reason you cannot dump your Evolution settings in GConf (e.g. no access to the old system), copying the data (cp -R oldComputer:$OLDHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution newComputer:$NEWHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution) will do as well, but make sure that this is done while Gnome and the GConf daemon are not running, see below.
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Not sure how I leave Gnome (or get back) though.........?
Can anyone help.........?
I found this:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Stopping GDM causes GNOME and all graphical applications to quit, starting it will take you to the login screen.
I'm guessing (but not brave enough to try) that if I do this in a terminal window, that all 'desktop/graphicUI/all that I use & understand' will quit and perhaps I'll be left with only a command prompt....?
is that right?
Thanks for any help,
JW
I am currently moving my old Home folder to a new PC, trying to move my Evolution data at the moment. Found this on the Evolution website FAQs:
How can I transfer all my Evolution data from an old home directory to a new home directory?
...
5. If for some reason you cannot dump your Evolution settings in GConf (e.g. no access to the old system), copying the data (cp -R oldComputer:$OLDHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution newComputer:$NEWHOME/.gconf/apps/evolution) will do as well, but make sure that this is done while Gnome and the GConf daemon are not running, see below.
...
Not sure how I leave Gnome (or get back) though.........?
Can anyone help.........?
I found this:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Stopping GDM causes GNOME and all graphical applications to quit, starting it will take you to the login screen.
I'm guessing (but not brave enough to try) that if I do this in a terminal window, that all 'desktop/graphicUI/all that I use & understand' will quit and perhaps I'll be left with only a command prompt....?
is that right?
Thanks for any help,
JW