Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu ... just one!

[Rick]

On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 14:19 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 07/04/2008 06:20 AM, Rick wrote:
> 
> >>>
> >> OK, Steve,
> >> I did the apt-get elimination. That was one long command line! I'll get 
> >> the missing favorites when all this is settled. Unfortunately, I still 
> >> have a Kubuntu login screen with a choice of three windowings: GNOME, 
> >> Kubuntu and KDE4. I'd like to get the Ubuntu login screen back before I 
> >> follow up on Karl's suggestion to shortcut the login process.
> >> 
> >> Just ran Synaptic to find Kubuntu leavings. Now I'll reboot. If I don't 
> >> write for a long time, you'll know why!
> >> 
> >> Rick
> >> 
> >> 
> > That's it!
> > I have a Ubunto screen when I start the computer. It then switches to 
> > blue with the four choices. I even tried Kubuntu (after I'd deleted 
> > everything) and it came up. Then I came back to Ubunto. This is insane. 
> > I have spent days and days on this foolishness. No system needs to be so 
> > convoluted. There's still enough Kubuntu trash around to start up the 
> > system and interfere with the Ubuntu login. I'll try the login shortcut. 
> > If that still hangs on a Kubuntu shard, I'm back to Windows and a 
> > predictable system that already does everything I need. If I succeed in 
> > the automatic login I'll continue, although frankly it's absurd to spend 
> > so much time on a system just to get minimum functionality.
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> 
> Sigh... you are pretty impatient eh? To get your standard Ubuntu login
> screen back:
> 
> System|Administration|Login Window|Local|
> 
> Style: Themed with face browser
> Theme: Selected only
> Click the Human/Ubuntu Default Welcome Theme
> Click "Close"
> 
> Log out. That's it!
> 
> 
> 
OK. I'm back ... with a clean installation. Not impatient. My struggle
with Linux has been going on for several years. The above would have
been very useful before I applied other advice. I understand the problem
of knowledgeable people seeing the same problems all the time, and
restraining themselves from answering the same things. The result is
that some bad advice is published, and I seem to have encountered it.
Anyway, your advice will be added to my Ubuntu notebook. Hope I'll not
need to use it. Thanks.

Rick