[SOLVED] Can't restore Gnome default settings

Hi,
I just wanted to try out the new Gnome 2.20, however when I try to start it up, I get a very very very messed up Desktop. I can't do almost anything. No icons (well, only stupid generic file icons for everything), no menus, can't open files. I have tried to remove all the gnome related and gnome apps related hidden folders in my home directory (I also ended up deleting my whole .config folder, just to be sure), but for the love of me, it doesn't affect my current *configuration*. I have never had such an odd problem, I'm posting a screenshot.
Could anybody give me any hint since I am quite confused?
Thanks a lot!
Last edited by finferflu (2007-10-31 14:32:39)

I just found out, reading this thread, that I need to reinstall libx11, but I have libx11-xcb installed, for some reason, which conflicts with it. If I try to uninstall it, it obviously brings down quite a few apps... But the main thing is that uninstalling libx11-xcb hangs:
$ sudo pacman -Rcs libx11-xcb
checking dependencies...
error: could not find xfce-utils in database -- skipping
error: could not find xfce-utils in database -- skipping
<and so on endlessly>
Last edited by finferflu (2007-10-31 11:41:07)

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