Xfce has crashed...

[jimibruvvv]

Hi there, I am fairly new to linux but have been working with it for a good 3 months now, as usual linpus is giving me some hassle.
I did the basic hack a while ago and everything was fine until the other day.

I deleted firefox as it wasnt working properly and for some reason unknown to me firefox deleted some core pieces of info for the entire desktop....
all i have is the bottom bar and the search bar...

if i go through my files and run some xfce files; few of which will now load, i can get a basic desktop with some icons(file system, user files, SD card)
but it only stays on for that load, if i start the laptop again its gone and i have to go through the whole process again.

everything runs fine just no desktop and it wont keep the simple desktop (if not better than original linpus desktop up) is there any code i can use in terminal to lock the desktop when i get it to the point i can get it to...?
is there any code i can use to system restore to an earlier date, or similar?

I have been thinking about downloading ubuntu and installing that as i have used that before and found it wonderful, problem being as its an acer onethere is no CD drive and now that everything is kaput it wont accept USB sticks either...
I know this can be done and i know i can find coding to get the usb drives to work again so no problem there, its just the whole desktop being shot is the issue really

any help would be greatly appreciated ive been sifting through forums for 2 days now and i cant find any similar problem

Thanks guys

[oz]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Check out UNetbootin to see if it will work for getting Ubuntu or some other distro of your choice installed without the use of a CD/USB device:

UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads

According to their webpage (under the Features section) it can do this.

[jimibruvvv]

hey ozar thanks i have got the iso and i used pendrivelinux.com .... think its similar as unetbootin but it will only let me run it off of the usb stick... and the installation process wont complete when i try to install it to hard drive or otherwise.

I will try UNetbootin to make a disk copy and get back to you but if you have any ideas as to why it doesn't complete that would be greatly appreciated