CDE GUI

[Bruce Eley]

Ok I was messing around with the front panel and took away everything but the clock and forgot to put them back before I closed out of the application manager and shut the session down. Now I can not get to anything using the CDE GUI. Does anyone know a command that can be used to restore the front panel? What can I do to fix this?

[AwadheshPandey]

can't understand what is the problem. where do u want cde ?
Awadhesh

[Kasper Haitsma]

Hello Bruce,

on web page http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/pub_page/V51B_DOCS/V51B_DOCLIST.HTM you can find the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) User Guide, and Advanced User Guide in both HTML and pdf format for you r reference. A shortcut might be, to compare your .Xdefaults, .dtprofile and .dt/* content with another user, or another system, or add a new user to the system, logon/logoff using CDE, and use this default environment as your starting point to rebuitlt the one you've "minimized"

HTH

[Balasubramanian S]

Hello, use dtsetup to create front panel entries in your cde session. To do this login in â Failsafe Sessionâ on cde login screen and run /usr/dt/bin/dtsetup; in that you need to select the â Desktop iconâ to setup the front panel. After creating the front panel entries logout and do regular login.

Trust this helps you,
-Bala S

[Bruce Eley]

Ok tried all of that and it still doesnt work. Is there a way to copy the configuration file from another server? If so what is the path and where should it be copied to?

[Rick Retterer]

Bruce,
Try telnetting into the system from a remote terminal as the "user" that you broke CDE for.

Move the .dt sub-directory to .dt-old.

Then move back to the console and attempt to login under CDE again... you should get the "default" setup environment with all of your control panel icons and controls back as if you logged into CDE for the first time.

Good Luck...

Rick Retterer
HP Services
Graphics Support
Atlanta, Ga.

[Bruce Eley]

That sounds like it just might work if I only knew the path to the .dt subdirectory.

[Kasper Haitsma]

Hi Bruce,

it is in your home directory, it is hidden because of the leading "dot". After logon with a telnet session, try "ls -al"

[Balasubramanian S]

Hello Bruce, the dtwm.fp contains all the entries for the front panel.
You can copy the dtwm.fp file from /usr/dt/appconfig/types/C to $HOME/.dt/types/fp_dynamic directory through failsafe login.
-Bala S

[Bruce Eley]

Did the copy but it tells me there is no such file or directory as fp_dynamic