Xubuntu useless after reboot

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Things are slightly less dire than I thought at first.  There is only
one usable account on the machine, but I wondered if I was looking at
problems in user settings.  So I created a second account, and viola!
I can type, and I have a workable workspace switcher.

I seldom have to fool with all this configuration stuff, and have no
expertise.  I wonder if I'm going to have to switch over to the new
account completely, or if there's any hope of isolating the problem.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:36 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
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>> Kevin O'Gorman
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