Gnome issues

[Predrag Punosevac]

Derek Ragona wrote:
> At 06:46 AM 8/24/2007, Michael S wrote:
>> Good day all,
>>
>> I installed Gnome a few days ago and everything had
>> been fine up until last night. I shutdown the computer
>> using  a Gnome menu (and not shutdown -p now) and upon
>> restart one of my drives (the one mapped to /home)
>> wasn't working. After I did get it to work and able to
>> return to using GNOME, but when I login using GDM, I
>> don't see the desktop pager and the windows don't have
>> any decorations (e.g. borders, close/minimize
>> buttons). I am not an expert, but looks like the
>> window manager got corrupted by that improper
>> shutdown.
>> Anyone had similar experiences? Any ideas how to
>> rectify this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Michael
>
> Sounds like your drive may be having issues.  I would reboot in single 
> user mode and fsck the drive.  You may also want to try the drive 
> manufacturer's diagnostic utility.
>
>         -Derek

I always shutdown computer using Gnome menu. Never had that issue. I am 
clueless why is that happening to you. I think Derek gave you a good idea.
Predrag