Desktop not loading

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Ulin the Tech Mage <ulinthetechmage at hit-techs.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 13:34 -0700, Leonard
> Chatagnier wrote:
> > --- Ulin the Tech Mage
> <ulinthetechmage at hit-techs.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 12:41 -0700, Leonard
> > > Chatagnier wrote:
> > > > --- Peter Baily <peter.baily at dsl.pipex.com>
> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I do not know whether my problem is related
> to
> > > the
> > > > > long running thread
> > > > > of correspondence about desktop problems.  
> If I
> > > > > have missed something,
> > > > > my apologies.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regularly - and again today- when I start
> Ubuntu
> > > the
> > > > > desktop (one of my
> > > > > photos with media icons superimposed) does
> not
> > > load.
> > > > >   The bars top and
> > > > > bottom with their icons load normally
> leaving a
> > > > > black screen.
> > > > > To correct this I have to reboot probably
> twice
> > > and
> > > > > some times three
> > > > > times - this morning two reboots.
> > > > > The loader must be skipping an instruction
> > > > > intermittently.   Please, can
> > > > > anyone offer a cure?   I would hope not to
> be
> > > > > wasting time like this in
> > > > > future.
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Peteralchemist"
> > > > > 
> > > > If your not using Hardy KDE4.1 your issue is
> > > probably
> > > > not related to the long running thread.
> > > > 
> > > > Leonard Chatagnier
> > > > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > do you have the compisiting effects turned on?
> try
> > > turning them off
> > If we're talking about the same thing, the Compiz
> > Desktop Effects is ticked on "No Effects". I had
> > played around with Compiz(first time) and didn't
> > remember that I left if at default with no
> effects.
> > Hope that's what you meant,
> > 
> > 
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > 
> 
> if i remember correctly in the kde 4 series, kwin
> has builting
> compostiting effects without compiz
> 
I found this:
/$HOME/.kde4/.kde4.old/x-kde4-x/share/config/kwinrc
That had [compositing] Enabled=true and changed to
false, saved, killed X and logged in again.  Still no
desktop but thanks for the suggestion. There were more
files with kwin* but didn't check all as this seemed
to be the one.  Hey, I think we just highjacked a
thread.  Twice this month for me and didn't realize it
until just now.  Any further comments let's do it off
list, please.  Thanks

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net