Changed username - realise now that wasn't a good idea.

[EcoEco]

I have an aspire one which is limpus and based on Fedora from what I've gathered. I believe it also uses xfce if that is of any relevance.

I decided to change my user name from the default "user" at the command line to something more personal. I used usermod -l eco user then rebooted the laptop to see if the command line would reflect the new changes.

What I got was a black screen with an X mouse cursor! Oye. My Windows instincts have me itching for the recovery CD. I'm hoping you guys can save me!

At this point I don't mind going back to the default "user". I'd really like some insight into what happened and how to fix it.

[scm]

Did you change the home directory name?

       -l, --login NEW_LOGIN
          The name of the user will be changed from LOGIN to NEW_LOGIN.
          Nothing else is changed. In particular, the user's home directory
          name should probably be changed to reflect the new login name.

[EcoEco]

Unfortunately, no.