I can't see anything

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: Re:I can't see anything
From: Glenn R Williams <gloonie at earthlink.net>
To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: 03/05/2009 12:40 PM
> On Thursday 05 March 2009 14:27:06 Alfredo Martínez Pacheco wrote:
>   
>> Hello to all:
>>
>> I am a newbie user of Kubuntu. I was reading a pocket guide, quite useful,
>> and exploring basic features of the system. I activated Desktop effects and
>> all the screen went into black. I can't see anything so I can't undo this
>> mess. I know, it's my fault. I cannot start a failsafe session. Any idea
>> about how to restart in a safe mode and put all as before?
>>
>> Lots of thanks. If you want, you can write me at this address: darkthal
>> (at) hotmail (dot) com
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Alf
>>
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>>     
>
> Alf,
>
> You could try pressing CTRL-ALT-Backspace. That will kill your KDE  session 
> and bring you back to the login. From there you can shutdown and restart. When 
> you see a message saying "system will start in x seconds", press ESC key. This 
> wil bring you the Grub menu, and from there you can select Failsafe mode.
>
> HTH,
>
> Glenn
>
>   
You might also try <shift-alt-F12> this toggles desktop effects on or off.

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