<div dir="ltr">You might try checking to see what startup programs are enabled in the system preferences, and maybe that will help fix the problem of the empty windows.<br><br>Jon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ubuntu@pcartwright.com">ubuntu@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Brian Pitts wrote:<br> > Paul Cartwright wrote:<br> >> ok, I think I screwed up my install..<br> >> I had a nice setup of 8.04 KDE4 , and decided to take the plunge and<br> >> upgrade to 8.10. Once complete, restarted X and... when I logged into<br> >> the kde4 desktop, I got 2 blank windows and no icons & no tray.<br> >> CTRL-ALT-backspace, logged into gnome, no problem. A few changes, tried<br> >> to add a few packages, and now it gives me the choice of kde sessions &<br> >> gnome, but not kde4. What is the magic command to reinstall or get kde4<br> >> desktop working?? I mean, I LIKE gnome :) but I wanna show off KDE4's<br> >> new desktop <G><br> ><br> > I didn't think 8.10 included any KDE besides 4. What happens if you<br> > select tke kde session? You did reboot after upgrading, right?<br> ><br> > -Brian<br> ><br> </div>reboot?? oh oh..<br> it still shows 2.6.24-1 for the kernel.. and yes, even though the<br> session says kde, the splash screen ( after a reboot:) does show 4.1 .<br> It does keep booting with 2 open windows that are blank. Not sure what<br> they are supposed to be, the the right-click says ( remove unknown window?)<br> <br> Now I get a Partial Upgrade option for software upgrades. The next<br> screen says " an upgrade from Intrepid to Hardy is not supported with<br> this tool".<br> <br> next question is, what should my sources.list show for a distribution??<br> testing? Intrepid?<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> --<br> Ubuntu-us-ga mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ga@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ga@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ga" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ga</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>