<OT> Re: Unity desktop not loading

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 16:02 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote: 
> On 11/06/11 18:26, Colin Law wrote:
> > On 11 June 2011 07:55, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 07:19 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> >>> On 10 June 2011 23:40, J<dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 16:14, Gerard Hodson<gerry2110 at gmx.com>  wrote:
> >>>>> All these specification exceed spec. I am booting Xubuntu, why am I having
> >>>>> this problem?
> >>>> Ummm... because Xubuntu doesn't use Unity...
> >>> That would appear to be true, but in that case why did the OP get a
> >>> warning after upgrading to 11.04 that he did not have the hardware
> >>> capabilities to run Unity?
> >> You would need accelerated graphics and OpenGL enabled to run Unity. You
> >> would only get that with the correct driver installed. The OP didn't
> >> mention his nvidia chipset though. I think it was the 5200 that was the
> >> first nvidia chipset that supported GL ver 2.0 ? Someone correct me if
> >> I'm wrong. So, maybe his chipset isn't recent enough and Unity diagnosed
> >> that there was no hope, or there is a bug in need of becoming fixed.
> >> Troubleshooting with a shotgun. I have no other clue. Ric
> > Pay attention Ric :)  My question was why when he is booting into
> > Xubuntu that, after upgrade, it is warning him that he cannot use
> > Unity.  I see now though that the he has provided the answer in the
> > other thread that he started.  He says "I am booting from XUBUNTU but
> > use Gnome" by which he presumably means not that he is booting into
> > Xubuntu but that he *installed* Xubuntu but is *booting* into Gnome.
> > In that case it is logical that the upgrade should attempt to use
> > Unity.
> >
> > Colin
> 
> Ummmm, Colin, what *were* those meds you took 15 minutes ago? :-D .
> 
> Everyone knows that Unity only comes up with such an error message when 
> you boot while you have your toaster plugged into the USB port. Sheesh! 
> AND *only* if you don't the correct driver for the toaster. If there is 
> a correct driver for the toaster then it boots into KDE (which keeps 
> Ric, with his pulse-ophilia, happy :-) ).

Ah, I see you are a loyal follower of Toast Man, on Ren & Stimpy, too.
There is hope for you yet. :) Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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