No Gnome menu, cannot move applications.

[ubuntu dave]

many and much thanks.
this worked and now gnone is working.
I did a number of things, but I think that it was the "System -> Preferences
-> Appearance,
clicking on "Visual effects" and choosing "None" " that did the trick.

Thanks again.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:23 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 12/02/2008 12:17 PM, ubuntu dave wrote:
> > I just installed ubuntu 8.10.
> >
> > If i just login I see nothing but a beige screen.
> > If I login after selecting fail safe terminal I can run gnome-terminal &
> .
> > Then I get the menu bar.
> > However when I start an application it is locked in the upper left
> corner.
> > I cannot move it even to start another application.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
>
> Maybe. My _guess_ would be that you _may_ have an older intel video
> chipset.
>
> I just ran into this on a machine with an 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE
> Chipset Integrated Graphics Device and it does just this. I ended up
> blowing out 8.10 and installed 8.04 (hardy instead). Afterwards, I went
> looking to find out why and found that there is a conflict between the
> chipset and compiz. Oddly enough, compiz runs 'out-of-the-box' using
> hardy on the same machine.
>
> <
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810#Hangs%20with%20desktop%20effects%20on%20Intel%20830MG%20and%20845G%20video%20cards
> >
> Give this a try first:
> <quote>
> Hangs with desktop effects on Intel 830MG and 845G video cards
>
> There is a bug in the Intel video driver for the older intel 830 and 845
> integrated video cards that are used on laptops like the IBM R30.
> Desktop effects with compiz will not work on those chips and will freeze
> the system. For new installations, please install using the safe
> graphics mode (press F4 in the startup screen) on these systems and
> disable desktop effects via System -> Preferences -> Appearance,
> clicking on "Visual effects" and choosing "None".
> </quote>
>
> If not, then use Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login. Then:
>
> sudo apt-get remove compiz compiz-core
>
> Ugly, but supposedly it works. For me I'll just stick to hardy on that
> machine.
>
> References (in order that I went through them):
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/281132
>  Intrepid Ibex not compatible with Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics
> Controller
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/296833
>  Intrepid Compiz hangs for intel(r) 82845G video cards
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/277373
>  cannot start Gnome session since intrepid beta on 845G-based system
> with compiz enabled
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/259385
>  Intrepid Compiz hangs on login for i830MG, i845, and i945GM video cards
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/285250
>  [i845G] Hard crash entering X
>
>
>
>
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