[ubuntu-uk] Saucy Salamander testing ....

[Liam Proven]

On 8 May 2013 15:35, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
> Hi there ...   Last night, I took the available updates for 13.10 testing,
> using Update Manager.  There was no kernel update and no need to restart.
> This morning, I got to the login screen, but the top panel showed dodgy
> icons instead of the proper ones.  On logging in, I got a blue screen and a
> cursor, but nothing else.  I can update using ctrl+alt+F1 to give me a
> terminal, and doing sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get upgrade,
> but the updates so far don't fix the problem.
>
> I can't file a bug as I don't have any idea which program is causing it
> .....   Any thoughts as to whether I can do anything useful until an update
> fixes the problem?

O_o

Is this on your live work machine? If so, that was, er, brave of you.

Sounds like it could be a theme problem. Try resetting the theme in Appearance.

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