display issues

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Mon 17 Oct 2011 17:22:23 SAST, G.  wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Bruce Pieterse<octoquadza at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On Oct 17, 2011 8:58 AM, "G."<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>
> I need more detailed instructions.  I am looking around on the net to
> find instructions, have not found anything so far.
>
>
> garyk
>

Gary,

My apologies for not getting back to you earlier and being vague with 
my explanation as I was replying from my phone at the time. You can 
switch to one of the terminals before or after logging in, in this case 
it would be better if you were logged out of the ubuntu desktop to fix 
and reload the settings.

At the login screen where you type your password, press CTRL + ALT + F2 
and it should ask for a username, then a password. Login with your 
credentials, move the folders with this command: mv .gconf .gconf.old 
&& mv .gnome2 gnome2.old. We are telling the system to rename the 
folders with mv from .gconf to .gconf.old and the double ampersand (&&) 
allows you to execute an additional command in one line. After that is 
complete you can switch back to X by pressing CTRL + ALT + F7. Login 
and gnome should copy/create the default settings for your account.

Please note that you might lose some custom configurations after this, 
therefore I recommend you test your system for a while before deleting 
the .gconf.old and .gnome2.old folders.
-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce