You're having trouble from this bug: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvisual-plugins/+bug/287448">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvisual-plugins/+bug/287448</a> I've also had this problem and got it fixed by uninstalling libvisual-0.4-plugins. Greetings Pieter <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Jim Smith <<a href="mailto:jim@oz.net">jim@oz.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I received the daily updates to Intrepid today, when they were done the system was restarted and after that Gnome malfunctioned seriously. The panels, icons and menus were completely gone. Nothing worked and the only thing I could do was to Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc and go back to the login screen. KDE 4.1 and Xfce both work so I'm using Xfce right now. There is also a persistent and annoying "strobing" of the screen on occasion. The system uses Intel 915 graphics and has had no real graphics trouble up until today. Would it be possible to switch display managers to KDM in order to see if the problem resides with GDM? Hopefully if there is a problem with GDM it will be fixed before the final release. I would like to know if anyone else reports this issue. Thank you Jim -- Its only a hobby, only a hobby, only a hobby, only a ho............ -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>