[xubuntu-users] Failed upgrade

[Tim]

On 28/11/12 20:55, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 20:43 +0000, Tim wrote:
>> I had xubuntu 10.04lts which I upgraded to 12.04 lts. The server was set
>> to boot to cli and then startx if I needed a gui. Now when I type startx
>> and press return a couple of seconds later a small box appears in the
>> middle of the screen with a large red no entry sign and the words Failed
>> to load session "gnome"  the only option is to click a button that says
>> log out.
>>
>> Can anybody please advise
>>
>> Tim
> Tim, I'm not sure, but I suspect that such an update will cause a
> mess-up regarding to a switch from GNOME2 to GNOME3 and from init to
> upstart. I'm not aware when there were the transitions and if this can
> be handled by a version upgrade, but I suspect this as a possible risk.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
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Well I found my way into xfce but it is not happy.

After some more googling somebody wrote (they had a similar problem) 
that typing startxfce4 at the cli allowed him into xfce. I tried it and 
I am in to my desktop but it is not happy, I have clicked on a couple of 
program in the main menu and the program has opened but hung with a 
spinning mouse cursor, one of those programs is the user manager which I 
know is a gnome program. Looks like I will be wiping it and starting 
again :(

Tim