gnome/lightdm

[Martín Cigorraga]

Hello Hendrik,

Try:
1. completely uninstall all the GNOME packages you previously installed
2. export DISPLAY=:1  depending on your HW setup (e. g. hybrid GPUs) you
might need to point to _the other_ display server.


On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Hendrik Greving <
hendrik.greving.smi at gmail.com> wrote:

> By the way,  after login,  I can actually click on e.g. the battery or
> power icon, but no desktop is coming up.
>  On Apr 1, 2014 7:00 PM, "Hendrik Greving" <hendrik.greving.smi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm getting unable to open display: :0 when I try this.
>> On Apr 1, 2014 6:57 PM, "Martinx - ジェームズ" <thiagocmartinsc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My Unity just got frozen today, I did:
>>>
>>> 1- Login anyway using lightdm;
>>> 2- control + alt + f1 (go back to tty1);
>>> 3- sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
>>> 4- export DISPLAY=:0
>>> 5- xterm
>>> 6- control + alt + f7 (go back to X)
>>> 7- Within xterm window, run: dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
>>> 8- setsid unity
>>>
>>>  Source:
>>> http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-reset-compiz-and-unity-in-ubuntu.html
>>>
>>> Maybe that helps!
>>>
>>> On 1 April 2014 22:50, Hendrik Greving <hendrik.greving.smi at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> It was a grey desktop different from the original one. I think it was a
>>>> default gnome 3 desktop. Not unity. I managed to restore the unity greeter.
>>>> But now after logging in, it just hangs and no desktop comes up. Basically
>>>> it just hangs after I log in the unity greeter. I can switch to console
>>>> with alt-ctrl-f1
>>>>  On Apr 1, 2014 6:25 PM, "Niles Rogoff" <nilesrogoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I use neither lightdm or gdm, and also have this grey screen. For me
>>>>> it happends when gnome-shell starts up. It might be part of a different
>>>>> gnome program such as gnome-session starting up.
>>>>> I am also slightly confused about what exactly you mean by `grey gnome
>>>>> desktop'. What exactly does it look like?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Hendrik Greving <
>>>>> hendrik.greving.smi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, I installed gnome-desktop and tried to switch back to lightdm. I
>>>>>> would like to restore the Ubuntu 13.1 default, the default looked great.
>>>>>> But now, while I was able to switch back to the unity-greeter, it still
>>>>>> goes to the grey gnome desktop. I tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure
>>>>>> lightdm without success.
>>>>>> How can I restore the defaults?
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Hendrik Greving
>>>>>>
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/Martin
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