gnome/lightdm

[Martín Cigorraga]

Like Martinx says, go for 14.04, I've been using it for a month and it is
GREAT.
To reset Unity try using Unity Tweak Tool; the best option is to install it
from its PPA, I'm away from computer now, you'll need to search for it.
On Apr 2, 2014 1:01 AM, "Hendrik Greving" <hendrik.greving.smi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was able to get unity working again (I installed ubuntu-desktop) and
> somehow got it working. However, it looks a little bit different. Is there
> an easy way to get the ubuntu 13.10 defaults again? (e.g. I liked the
> terminal configurations and the background and the window themes.)
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Martín Cigorraga <
> martincigorraga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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