Xubuntu useless after reboot

[Kevin O'Gorman]

It gets more and more weird.  Chrome browser windows *do* have
maximize, minimize and close boxes, but it only responds to the close
box.  I can type at appropriate places in gmail in that browser.
Firefox refuses focus so I cannot type, but it responds to some mouse
clicks.

What seems oddest to me is that chrome on the afflicted machine runs
gmail, but gmail there seems to have lost the contact list.  I'm using
Chrome on the laptop and when I type "u" in an address, it
auto-completes to this list.  The now-afflicted desktop used to do the
same, but no longer.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> We had a large power outage in this part of California, and I had to
> shut down my desktop as the UPS became drained.  All seemed normal.
>
> Power is restored, but it's far from normal.
>
> The workspace switcher that had 10 workspaces now has 1, but the
> controls say it has 10.
>
> Most windows do not have the usual decorations: minimize, go away and
> so on.  My Tomboy notes do have the decorations, but they are inactive
> on some of the notes.  But not all of them.
>
> Terminal windows refuse to take the focus, so I don't have a command
> line under X (Ctl-alt-f1 works okay).  None of my X windows respond to
> the keyboard, although it works fine at login and at the console
> windows.
>
> The system is pretty much useless in this state.  I had to enter this
> message from mt laptop.   I'd sure appreciate some help.
>
>
> --
> Kevin O'Gorman
>
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Kevin O'Gorman

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