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botolf

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Registered: 2007-12-12

Posts: 3

App issues after upgrade

Hi, I did a large upgrade a day or two ago and ran out of space and the install didn't work. After a reboot X wouldn't start but reinstalling xorg fixed it. Most Apps are back and working but Thunderbird and Firefox are segfaulting even after doing a reinstall.

I was wondering if there is a way to completely purge the install because Thunderbird loads and has my old settings there even after a reinstall. Its just after a few clicks that the program closes. Firefox doesn't load at all.

Or is there another option as to finding out what is wrong? or suggestions? Thanks.

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: App issues after upgrade

You can destroy all old settings of both by deleting their respective hidden directories in your home. To get rid of Firefox's stuff for instance:

rm -rf .mozilla

I don't know where thunderbird stores its stuff, but it will be similar.

botolf

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Registered: 2007-12-12

Posts: 3

Re: App issues after upgrade

Yeah well I mentioned the settings being there because I figure the pacman reinstall isn't 'purging' all the old libs/files/settings etc so I was wondering if there is a better way to go about removing an application completely as something is corrupt and I'm not sure what.

Last edited by botolf (2010-02-11 04:20:57)