you can do this: <ol><li>ctrl + alt +F1</li><li>login in with your own account</li> <li>use this command sudo service gdm stop</li><li>use this command sudo service gdm start</li><li>now you can login in and have a nomal gnome.</li> </ol>after this, i reccomand you to use this command in the terminal to remove the gnome-setting rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-settings >>>>>>>>>【This email is sent by zhuzx】 <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 16:24, Tim Hanson <<a href="mailto:tjhanson@comcast.net">tjhanson@comcast.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> My network manager disappeared this time when I booted my laptop. ps -A shows nm-applet is running, and thanks to auto connection I do have wireless. A check of startup applications shows its box is checked. What happened, and how do I fix it? -- 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>