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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Bruce Pieterse <octoquadza at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 17, 2011 8:58 AM, "G." <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:30 AM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
>> >> G. wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> That bug is for AMD 64 architechture.  I have 32 bit.  Should I report
>> >>> a new bug?
>> >>
>> >> Nah, just mark yourself as affected by that one. If there's some
>> >> particular reason you think your bug has a different cause than that
>> >> one because of the architecture difference then it'd be worth
>> >> commenting so (and explaining), but the likelihood is that this is just
>> >> an omission to work around some peculiarity of the way the graphics
>> >> drivers work.
>> >>
>> >> In fact, more important than the word length of your kernel is the make
>> >> of your graphics card and which driver you're using; it'd be worth
>> >> commenting with those.
>> >>
>> >>
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>> > I filed a bug report 837599.  O am not sure if the problems are
>> > identical.
>> >
>> > Thanks everyone for helping.
>> >
>> > Do I mark this as solved?
>> >
>> > gary
>> >
>>
>> Another question.  Is there a way to duplicate my original (the one
>> where I have the Unity problem) user's set up?  I can load into unity
>> with another user.  I would rather not have to reinstall the programs
>> I had installed.  I think I can move the files just by copying them,
>> there aren't that many.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> GaryK
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> Gary,
>
> My other solution was to rename your .gconf and .gnome2 folders by appending
> .bak and then trying to log in to your problematic account. You will have to
> do this while you are logged out of the GUI by using CTRL + ALT + F2. Log
> in, Rename the folders, logout, login via the GUI and Ubuntu will copy the
> skeleton configuration over to your home folder.
>
> Bruce
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I'll give it a try.  When do you do the CTRL+ALT+F2?

garyk