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[eoghan]

On 11 Nov 2006, at 16:17, Boris Samorodov wrote:

>>>
>>> Yesterday I've got into the same situation when trying to change  
>>> some
>>> gnome system->parameters. Deletting ~/.gconf* and ~/.gnome* helped.
>
>> Thanks for the tip, im not sure where i can find these to delete...
>
> Those are hidden directories at your home directory. Just do
> $ cd ~
> $ ls -lda .gconf* .gnome*
>
> ... and you'll see those hidden directories. To remove them use
>
> $ rm -rf .gconf* .gnome*
>
> Or you may rename them first if you want to unvestigate the
> case. Note: you'll loose all your gnome configuration while deletting
> those directories.

Boris
I have removed both of these and am able to log back in a normal user.
Thanks for your help
Eoghan