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    terminal window no longer opens

    I"m using fc6. I wanted to have my shell prompt open to a specific directory. I had the bright idea of changing the default profile (from the terminal window,I chose "edit>default profile"). I need to restore it, but where is it, and how can I navigate to it when I don't have access to terminal. Please please don't tell me I have to reinstall the os.

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    Hello:
    This is a new one for me
    So just a suggestion .....
    Right Click on the Panel and Select Add to Panel and select Command Line
    then type
    gnome-terminal
    and see what happens

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    Seve, I can't get the panel to stay visible long enough to click on it. I can right click on ht launcher, it has in the command field: gnome-terminal . I think I need to change the .profile because I think what I have done is told the launcher to associate gnome-terminal with the directory I was trying to cd to. Any thoughts on how I can edit the .profile without a command line?

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    can you launch xterm
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    I don't know what you mean (Im an idiot). I launch gnome terminal by clicking a window icon. Is there an xterm icon? btw I was root when I screw this up. I can log in and get the gnome terminal as myself and then su to change root's gnome terminal profile but I don't know where fc6 keeps the terminal's profile. I tried cmd #: vi profile but it opened a new file. Any ideas where the profile for gnome might be? Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by catbird1
    I don't know what you mean (Im an idiot). I launch gnome terminal by clicking a window icon. Is there an xterm icon? btw I was root when I screw this up. I can log in and get the gnome terminal as myself and then su to change root's gnome terminal profile but I don't know where fc6 keeps the terminal's profile. I tried cmd #: vi profile but it opened a new file. Any ideas where the profile for gnome might be? Thanks
    He means the real terminal. xterm, it's located in
    /usr/bin/xterm . Btw, u violated some rules...

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    Thanks, yes I can open xterm. I'm going to try to use the find command to locate the profile. I am concerned with the advertisement that found its way into my post. I didn't do that. Is that what you mean by violated? I did fail to capitalize, and I used self-deprecating terms, and I also used the terms su, find, root, Are those considtered slang or geek speak? Thanks

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    Problem resolved! I navigated to /usr/bin/xterm and opened xterm. From there I right-clicked on the panel as Seve suggested. I removed the offending command cd <path info> that I'd entered earlier. Everything is back to normal. Thanks

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