[ubuntu-za] Help!

[Miles]

I think I was told that because one must know what you are doing to play
in that config


On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 11:21 +0200, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Well Miles that seems to underscore my point: why have an app at all if 
> it messes things up?
> 
> 
> On 21/05/2014 11:11, Miles wrote:
> > Haha I was told not to fiddle with compiz config because I would mess
> > things up. So the ball is in everyone elses courts.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 10:26 +0200, Jan Greeff wrote:
> >> Miles, you and you other young Turks in the community must now please
> >> help the old man.
> >>
> >> My feeling is that somebody in the know should be made aware that
> >> Compiz Config default settings wreaks havoc in the latest Ubuntu LTS
> >> release. Or is it just me that did something irrational that noboody
> >> else in their right young mind would do?
> >>
> >> Jan
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >>                            Subject:
> >> Re: [ubuntu-za] Help!
> >>                               Date:
> >> Wed, 21 May 2014 08:23:25 +0200
> >>                               From:
> >> Thomas Fogwill
> >> <thomas.fogwill at meraka.org.za>
> >>                           Reply-To:
> >> Ubuntu South African Local
> >> Community
> >> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >>                                 To:
> >> wikus at cheetah-microsystems.com,
> >> Ubuntu South African Local
> >> Community
> >> <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >>
> >> On  tty1 (Ctrl-Alt-F1):
> >> Â  $ export DISPLAY=:0
> >> Â  $ unity-tweak-tool ---reset-unityÂ
> >>
> >>
> >> (You may need to install unity-tweak-tool first...)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ctrl-Alt-F7 and everything should be back to default (you may need to
> >> restart).
> >>
> >>
> >> Alternatively, this should do the trick:
> >> Â  $Â dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
> >>
> >>
> >> Ciao
> >> T
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21 May 2014 07:03, Wikus <mazal.wikus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>          On 20/05/2014 21:56, Jan Greeff wrote:
> >>                  Hi there Miles and the others, many thanks. I called
> >>                  my nephew in Pretoria who is also quite expert in
> >>                  Ubuntu and we had to reset Unity via ctrl/alt/f1, now
> >>                  everything is back to normal. My Unity window
> >>                  behaviour is also fixed up. Great!
> >>                  
> >>                  
> >>          Morning Jan ,
> >>          
> >>          For reference , can you give us the command/s that you ran
> >>          after going to ctrl+alt+F1 to reset Unity.
> >>          
> >>          Thanx
> >>          
> >>          - Wikus
> >>          
> >>          
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