Thanks Bundyo!

Sadly it was both the .exult.cfg and .exult folder I rm under /home

After uninstallation of Exult and Exult Digital Audio packages I also removed /home/blackgate and gameplay folders under /MyDocs

So I pretty much wiped everything out there.

Interesting part is relaunching after the reinstallation does not create .exult and blackgate folders under /home

Eventhough the Exult launches, it does not recognise the gameplay files, showing the default data files warning.

I'm now seeing it was not as simple as I thought