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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:21 am Post subject:

On Ubuntu, do you get the option of creating a new Gnome session from the logon screen? (Usually it's set to "use last session.") Might be another thing to try.

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject:

Did this ever get resolved?

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject:

I got a real crazy question what makes you think that graphics display is not out of range?

When I ran Ubuntu on my laptop I had to go into the gdm the graphics display mode and select a generic video display to get the Ubuntu to display..... I had a green screen with mouse pointer and a brown screen with a mouse pointer even a gray screen with mouse pointer now most of the newer linux flavors I've ran in the past week or so don't give a warning telling me my graphics are out of range...

Weird but haven't ran Linux in about 2 or 3 years.....

This being a just released version to me your outside of range for display...

Also checkout furoms from Ubuntu they got a lot of same problems you might be able to post this question and get better help......

Good luck....

later.....

Far as ur permissions go I don't know about this.....

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject:

yooeinstein wrote:
I got a real crazy question what makes you think that graphics display is not out of range?

Because the graphical login screen works just fine. If X wasn't working, you wouldn't get that far.

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

Jaymac wrote:
Did this ever get resolved?

No, still no luck... Tonight I tried your suggestion:

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sudo usermod -d /home/lyonsm lyonsm





sudo chown -R lyonsm /home/lyonsm


sudo chmod 755 /home/lyonsm


sudo rm -rf /home/lyonsm/.dmrc

and still the same results - upon login I get a blank screen with a movable pointer, and nothing to click on.

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:

Alphi wrote:
and still the same results - upon login I get a blank screen with a movable pointer, and nothing to click on.

When you get to this point, can you press ctrl-alt-f1 and post the output of:

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$ ps -ef | grep gnome-panel

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

Only time will tell for sure, but I think I may be (finally) on the right path...

Thinking about it logically, the fact that SAMBA was still working, as was Galleon, and even PyTivo (when started via ssh - in fact the fact that SSH was working), made me suspect it was the GUI - Gnome.

So for giggles and grins, tonight, from the SSH console, I decided to try reinstalling Gnome by doing 'sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop' and it responded that a prior setup had failed, and that I needed to use 'dpkg --configure -a' to fix it.

I did that, and it appears to be working, rebuilding the GUI (at least best as I can tell from the SSH window). I figure I won't know if it worked for sure until the install finishes. But I have a good feeling about this one.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:

Yup that was it... I just needed to do:

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sudo dkpg --configure -a

to fix it... whew!

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:38 am Post subject:

can someone explain how this is possible i know linux uses separate processes.... How may separate commands are there for such repairs????

I wish I was as smart at this linux thing as most of you are.....

later.....

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:09 am Post subject:

yooeinstein wrote:
can someone explain how this is possible i know linux uses separate processes.... How may separate commands are there for such repairs????

I wish I was as smart at this linux thing as most of you are.....

later.....

Well the other main command to fix a broken update on a Debian based system is

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sudo apt-get install -f

What do you want explained?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

Alphi wrote:
Yup that was it... I just needed to do:

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sudo dkpg --configure -a

to fix it... whew!

Heh, nice one.

yooeinstein wrote:
can someone explain how this is possible i know linux uses separate processes.... How may separate commands are there for such repairs????

I wish I was as smart at this linux thing as most of you are.....

later.....

Learn to use the man pages and Google. Everything else will follow. Wink

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

CMTG wrote:
Learn to use the man pages and Google. Everything else will follow.

much wisdom is spoken here

search ye first the man pages and google... and all these syntax will be added unto thee