On 4/16/20 4:53 AM, None via users wrote:
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On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 4:39 AM, Jon LaBadie <jonfu(a)jgcomp.com> wrote:
> I've been using mate as my DM on Fedora for years.
> For about the same number of I've been unable to
> login to a gnome session. I've go no need except
> curiosity. But everytime I select gnome (Xorg,
> classic, Wayland, ...) the screen blanks and I
> get a full screen literally saying "Opps,
> something went wrong".
>
> I can create a new user and login to a gnome
> session, so the software is there and functional.
> I'm assuming it is something in my configuration
> files. But I've been unable to delete the correct
> combination of .dirs and files.
>
> The situation has persisted from about F23 or F24
> through F31. Across 2 new computers where I copied
> my home directory to the new systems.
>
> What must I delete to make my user look like a first
> time gnome user?
>
I would have recommended a
$ rm -rf ~/.config
But this would not do it. Maybe you can try
$ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity .cache .dbus .dmrc .mission-control
.thumbnails ~/.config/dconf/user ~.compiz*
Just be aware that other apps will be storing settings in some of those
places, including Mate. Definitely don't delete .config.