Cannot load up graphical desktop

[ulrich steffens]

Am Dienstag, den 29.11.2005, 02:55 -0800 schrieb Jeff Co:
> Hello,
> 
> When I reboot, I can enter username and password in the graphical login
> screen. After I enter my username and password, but afterwardns I get
> the brown screen, but I don't get anything else loaded up. In the past, I
> got a status window that showed the Nautilus Window Manager and other
> stuff opening. But now, I get nothing.
> 
> 
> I AM able to get to the tty1 via Cntl+Alt+F1. This is how I am able to
> write this email. I am writing this email via w3m (cli/ text browser).
> But I cannot use any of the graphical programs.
> 
> 
> Perhaps I deleted a package that was necessary. Perhaps when I deleted
> and then reinstalled Evolution2, synaptic had me remove a package which
> I now need.
> 
> What must I do to get back my GUI graphical desktop and all its
> programs?
> Please help me.
> 
> jc
> 
just two shots in the dark, but have you

	a) checked that ubuntu-desktop is installed?
	'sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop'

	b) tried moving your old homedir and start with a new one?
	'sudo mv /home/jeff /home/jeffBACKUP'
	'sudo mkdir /home/jeff'
	'sudo chown -R jeff:jeff /home/jeff'

ulrich
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