<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TT>Hi,</TT> <TT>> pursuant to my earlier posting, I'vr (unsuccessfully) grappled with my</TT> <TT>> desktop suddenly becoming non responsive and my inability to</TT> <TT>> maximise/minimise programs, or to open multiple files in separate</TT> <TT>> d/tops etc. Can anyone please guide me towards restoring my desktop</TT> <TT>> and (hopefully) my windows manager without radical surgery?</TT> <TT>Probably. But you've so many separate threads regarding this subject</TT> <TT>that folks (certainly me) are reluctant to try and answer.</TT> <TT> Spend time answering this thread, only to find out that perhaps it's</TT> <TT>been answered/solved in another:</TT> <TT>- Lost windows manager on karmic</TT> <TT>- Fixes needed for Windows manager crashes on Karmic</TT> <TT>- Fixes needed for Windows manager crashes on Karmic (2nd thread same</TT> <TT>subject)</TT> <TT>- Restoring desktop in Karmic</TT> Sorry about the duplications - it could be taken as a sign of my desperation. I did not manage to resolve the glitch after all, and resorted to creating a new partition and doing a fresh installation of Karmic. It seems to be working fine and I'm now restoring the data from my backup with fingers crossed. Cheers <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <TT>Rafiq Hajat</TT> Executive Director The Institute for Policy Interaction (IPI) P. O. Box E14, Post Dot Net - Blantyre Malawi Mobile: +265 999 968800 www.ipimalawi.org </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>