<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Melbourne Barton wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4B046CFB.20308@research.telcordia.com" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> NoOp wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:hdvh05$7mv$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 11/17/2009 10:22 AM, Melbourne Barton wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">NoOp wrote: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">... </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Melbourne, give this a try, open a terminal and: $ sudo apt-get install -f $ sudo dpkg --configure-a $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade Note: you may have to do this several times to get things cleaned up. Afterwards, report back before you reboot or logout. </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Ran the commands a couple times until "upgrade" command gives: "0 upgrade, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded" But, no change in status cannot run applications (except the terminal) unless I login in "Failsafe GNOME" session. Thanks, Mel </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Please bottom post :-) OK, when logged in to Failsafe, add a new user, reboot & login as that new user. (Note: please reboot rather than just logging out). See if you still have the same issues. If not, then you can start looking at the user profile of your original. </pre> </blockquote> Failsafe session does not allow to create users, so I did in the gone session. Makes no difference. Applications still freeze when I try to run run. I also tried running applications from the command line and get the same results as when I click on them. I even re-installed 9.10 and still et the same results. Mel </blockquote> Turning desktop visual effects works. Thanks, Mel. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> </pre> </body> </html>