Ubuntu 10.04 forgets some settings…

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 09:25 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> I am not sure if this is a bug or if I did something wrong, but here
> is what I did and what happened:
> 
> I had Ubuntu 9.10 and I wanted 10:04 but since the Dist Upgrade thing
> never worked for me and since I had some issues with 9.10 I did a
> fresh install, however keeping my /home partition and all settings
> there.
> 
> I installed by running the latest version of UNetBootin and select
> Ubuntu 10.04 Live  there, creating an USB stick.
> Restarting my computer, selecting the USB stick to boot into Ubuntu
> 10.04 Live, then double clicking the Install icon.
> Everything went well but I had some issues with my windows, which was
> solved when I installed the proprietary display drivers (Nvidia),
> CompizFusion settings manager and Emerald etc. My old settings was
> then adapted and everything looked as usual.
> Then I selected Extra visual effects to get the cube back and some
> other stuff that I ”can't live without”.
> 
> But something is obviously wrong somewhere, because every time I start
> my computer, visual effects are set to ”None” and I have to reselect
> ”Extra”. As if that was not enough, some of the Compiz Fusion effects
> are unselected, like Rotate Cube and 3D windows. Also the number of
> desktops are set to 4×1 so I have to reselect 4×4. I have to do all
> this every time I start my computer.
> 
> I know that visual effects are not as important as cancer research or
> saving the world from starvation and sickness, but still they are
> there and if they are they should work. Besides I like them and I find
> some of the effects pretty useful making my computer live somewhat
> easier…
> 
> Any suggestions for debugging this problem? I am not a pure beginner –
> i had Ubuntu since 7.04, but I am still not much more than a regular
> user, using Ubuntu to get things done rather than fiddling with the
> system (even if I can fiddle with it a little bit too, but still
> learning).


Maybe not the most elegant solution, however I would backup my data
files that I wanted to keep, and would perform a clean installation
erasing /home.





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