Re: [Gnoppix-user] no desktop after installation

[Thomas Templin]

Moin moin Yuri
On Sunday 18 January 2004 09:44, Yuri van Geenen wrote:
[...]
> PC info:
> IBM Thinkpad A22M
> Pentium 3 - 850Mhz - 256MB RAM - ATI Rage Mobility Graphics
>
> About two weeks ago I downloaded Gnoppix and burnt the ISO on CD-rom, no
> problems
> whatever with booting from it etc. Yesterday I installed it on my laptop.
> It gives you then the option, something like:
>
> 1. Install old style Debian
> 2. Install like live CD Gnoppix style
>
> So I picked the 'Gnoppix style install' and everything went well. When I
> boot into my fresh installed system, it seems
> like Gnome takes a lot of time starting up and then it just sits there,
> leaving me with a Gnome background image
> and a mouse and no icons or anything else. The mouse just moves, nothing
> more. With CTRL-F keys I can change to a prompt.
>
> Is this normal after an installation? I'd like to have the same desktop in
> Gnome after installation, like I have
> when I start up my Live CD. Any suggestions?
There is a problem within the /etc/skel directory.

Remove every .gnome* file and directory under /etc/skel and add a new user. 
This new user will be able to use gnome desktop.

For existing users delete all .gnome* stuff and he wil be able to use gnome 
again.

Tschüss,
Thomas