[xubuntu-users] 14.04 stopped working

[John R. Sowden]

Thank you for your response.

Alt-F3 does nothing, so I was unable to the the xfce4 commands in the 
gui mode
ran df  0 available, deleted FreeBasic (2 zip file), no change. deleted 
all the files in /var/crash (sofice related) no change in df

John


On 11/12/2015 09:18 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 08:45 -0800, John R. Sowden wrote:
>> Now, when I boot this computer, I get the sign on, then I get the gui
>> screen with moving mouse pointer, but no icons, nothing in the top
>> bar, etc.  I can ctrl-alt F1 and I can move to various locations in
>> the text mode, but my business information is in the gui world.
> There could be several reasons for this issue. The missing panel
> unlikely happens due to missing disk space.
>
> How did you upgrade? Did you use apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade
> from command line? "dist-upgrade" is what Synaptic calls "smart
> upgrade".
>
> Perhaps we need to take a look at your repository list by the commands
>
>    cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
>    cat /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> but this is not necessary yet.
>
> You still might have the old packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/ so if
> need be, even downgrading might be possible.
>
> When you're on the empty desktop, then the shortcut Alt+F3 likely opens
> xfce4-appfinder. Type xfce4-terminal to start the terminal, so you don't
> need to use CTRL+ALT+Fx and you can stay in the graphical desktop.
>
> The command
>
>    df
>
> shows disk usage.
>
> The command
>
>    xfce4-panel --help
>
> shows how to use the panel.
>
> Run the command
>
>    xfce4-panel &
>
> to launch the panel.
>
> Launch the command
>
>    xfce4-panel -q
>
> to quit the panel.
>
> Can you launch the panel?
>
> You can check Xfce4 settings by running the command
>
>    xfce4-settings-manager  &
>
> Does the settings manager open?
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>