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<p dir="ltr">Hi, <br>
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<p dir="ltr">still need help.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I followed Benico's instructions - all the procedures
worked, but the end result was the same as previously - normal
desktop, but without the border bars.<br>
When I go into the guest login, all works as it should, with top
and side bars, same as with my wife's login. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Shucks, (Why me? :-). <br>
Regards <br>
PietB</p>
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From: PietBeukes <<a href="mailto:zabear1@gmail.com">zabear1@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: 07:12, Fri, Mar 16, 2018<br>
Subject: Fwd: Re: [ubuntu-za] Desktop problems after normal
upgrade within 16.04<br>
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<td>Re: [ubuntu-za] Desktop problems after normal upgrade
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<td>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:24:40 +0200</td>
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<td>Benico van der Westhuizen <a
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<div dir="auto">Try the following ...
<div dir="auto">At the login prompt press Ctl-Alt F1</div>
<div dir="auto">Login with user and passwd</div>
<div dir="auto">Type</div>
<div dir="auto">sudo dpkg --configure -a</div>
<div dir="auto">sudo apt update</div>
<div dir="auto">sudo apt upgrade</div>
<div dir="auto">sudo apt install mate-desktop</div>
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<div dir="auto">Try to login with mate</div>
<div dir="auto">Ctl-Alt F7<br>
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Kind Regards<br>
Benico van der Westhuizen<br>
<a href="mailto:benicovdw@gmail.com" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer">benicovdw@gmail.com</a><br>
082 963 1263</div>
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On 15 Mar 2018 19:46, "PietBeukes" <<a
href="mailto:zabear1@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">zabear1@gmail.com</a>>
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<p>Hi everyone. THURSDAY - a real donderdag for me.<br>
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<p><b>Re: Desktop problems after normal upgrade within 16.04</b></p>
<p>I did a normal upgrade today (when asked by Ubuntu 16.04 - some
14 or so topic names).</p>
<p>After starting up afterwards I got my normal Desktop with
folders and files, but with no borders or bars & no normal
side bar with the Gnome applications - just the desktop - very
clean. I did shut down and started again, same result. It starts
normal all the way through until I get the desktop (as usual)
but then no taskbars or menu bars or such at top/side/bottom.<br>
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<p>So I'm helpless, cannot access mail, browser, whatever, cannot
log out even (top and bottom bars fell away).<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><b>Do advise, please. What can I do? </b></font>-
don't know any coding and have not used command-line. If there
is something easy to do with the commandline, I can try. <br>
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<p>Regards</p>
<p>Piet - using Ubuntu (for normal human beings - not just for
geeks!).<br>
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