How do I reset my desktop back to what was there on a fresh install, or am I better off creating a new home directory and simply moving my "known" files back?
When I log in the screen flashes the icons (other accounts are fine) and the CPU goes to 100% with the "tracker-extract" process
OS Fedora 16
Thanks, Jeff
On 05/30/2013 07:04 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
How do I reset my desktop back to what was there on a fresh install, or am I better off creating a new home directory and simply moving my "known" files back?
When I log in the screen flashes the icons (other accounts are fine) and the CPU goes to 100% with the "tracker-extract" process
OS Fedora 16
Hi Jeff,
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it. I think the command would be something like
sudo yum remove gnome-desktop
Then, you should be able to reinstall it with
sudo yum install gnome-desktop
But before you remove your desktop, do more research on this. I could be a bit off as to the repercussions of doing this and you could hose your system.
If others could chime in on this method, I'd feel much more comfortable lol
Anthony
Am 01.06.2013 22:56, schrieb Anthony:
On 05/30/2013 07:04 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
How do I reset my desktop back to what was there on a fresh install, or am I better off creating a new home directory and simply moving my "known" files back?
When I log in the screen flashes the icons (other accounts are fine) and the CPU goes to 100% with the "tracker-extract" process
OS Fedora 16
Hi Jeff,
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it. I think the command would be something like
sudo yum remove gnome-desktop
which leades to remove a ton of packages and dependencies and may cause much more harm than currently exists
this is not windows - rpm is predictable and remove packages and install them again doesn not change anythinf
Allegedly, on or about 01 June 2013, Anthony sent:
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it.
I doubt that will reset how it behaves. User settings are stored in the user's homespace, packages don't create or remove those settings when installing or removing packages, users do while using them, and settings will be reapplied to a reinstalled Gnome.
Create a new user. That user will have the default settings. You could compare them.
You could switch over to using that new user, and copy your files across.
On 2 June 2013 11:20, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 01 June 2013, Anthony sent:
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it.
(Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual problem is.)
I doubt that will reset how it behaves. User settings are stored in the user's homespace, packages don't create or remove those settings when installing or removing packages, users do while using them, and settings will be reapplied to a reinstalled Gnome.
Indeed, it looks like this is a setting that's been changed:
"See $HOME/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cfg and the key CrawlingInterval. If set to -1 crawling is disabled entirely." https://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/9822/how-do-i-disable-tracker/
-- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:12:36 +0100 Ian Malone ibmalone@gmail.com wrote:
On 2 June 2013 11:20, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 01 June 2013, Anthony sent:
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it.
(Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual problem is.)
As a slight aside, one thing about "yum reinstall" that I find strange is that it does not reinstall the dependencies (unless there needs to be some other flag to make that happen).
Example:
$ sudo yum reinstall libRmath Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit, remove- : with-leaves Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * fedora: mirrors.servercentral.net * rpmfusion-free: mirror.nexcess.net * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.nexcess.net * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.nexcess.net * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.nexcess.net * updates: mirrors.servercentral.net Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package libRmath.x86_64 0:3.0.1-2.fc18 will be reinstalled --> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Reinstalling: libRmath x86_64 3.0.1-2.fc18 updates 115 k
Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Reinstall 1 Package
Total download size: 115 k Installed size: 214 k Is this ok [y/N]: Exiting on user Command Your transaction was saved, rerun it with: yum load-transaction /tmp/yum_save_tx.2013-06-02.09-10.lvKxOg.yumtx
when we do have dependencies (libRmath-devel) also installed. In my view both should be reinstalled.
Ranjan
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Am 02.06.2013 16:11, schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:12:36 +0100 Ian Malone ibmalone@gmail.com wrote:
On 2 June 2013 11:20, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 01 June 2013, Anthony sent:
You *could*, I believe, uninstall GNOME and reinstall it.
(Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual problem is.)
As a slight aside, one thing about "yum reinstall" that I find strange is that it does not reinstall the dependencies (unless there needs to be some other flag to make that happen).
when we do have dependencies (libRmath-devel) also installed. In my view both should be reinstalled
why and *which* dependencies? * the direct one * the implicit * both * the whole OS * cross dependencies
there are very few good reasons for reinstall a RPM hence if you cluttered your whole installation "yum reinstall *"
in this topic reinstall makes zero sense at all RPM packages never touch files inside your userhome like settings
On 2 June 2013 15:11, Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored@inbox.com wrote:
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:12:36 +0100 Ian Malone ibmalone@gmail.com wrote:
(Incidentally there is a "yum reinstall" which is preferable to a separate uninstall and install if you do need to do this, though I don't think it works for package groups - need to know what the actual problem is.)
As a slight aside, one thing about "yum reinstall" that I find strange is that it does not reinstall the dependencies (unless there needs to be some other flag to make that happen).
when we do have dependencies (libRmath-devel) also installed. In my view both should be reinstalled.
This would only really make sense if done recursively. If you think about this for a moment you'll realise that it means reinstalling large chunks of the system (kernel, glibc, other libraries).
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