Re: Ubuntu 10.04 forgets some settings…

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2010/5/9 Ioannis Vranos <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr>:
> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 09:25 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>> I am not sure if this is a bug or if I did something wrong, but here
>> is what I did and what happened:
>>
>> I had Ubuntu 9.10 and I wanted 10:04 but since the Dist Upgrade thing
>> never worked for me and since I had some issues with 9.10 I did a
>> fresh install, however keeping my /home partition and all settings
>> there.
>>
>> I installed by running the latest version of UNetBootin and select
>> Ubuntu 10.04 Live  there, creating an USB stick.
>> Restarting my computer, selecting the USB stick to boot into Ubuntu
>> 10.04 Live, then double clicking the Install icon.
>> Everything went well but I had some issues with my windows, which was
>> solved when I installed the proprietary display drivers (Nvidia),
>> CompizFusion settings manager and Emerald etc. My old settings was
>> then adapted and everything looked as usual.
>> Then I selected Extra visual effects to get the cube back and some
>> other stuff that I ”can't live without”.
>>
>> But something is obviously wrong somewhere, because every time I start
>> my computer, visual effects are set to ”None” and I have to reselect
>> ”Extra”. As if that was not enough, some of the Compiz Fusion effects
>> are unselected, like Rotate Cube and 3D windows. Also the number of
>> desktops are set to 4×1 so I have to reselect 4×4. I have to do all
>> this every time I start my computer.
>>
>> I know that visual effects are not as important as cancer research or
>> saving the world from starvation and sickness, but still they are
>> there and if they are they should work. Besides I like them and I find
>> some of the effects pretty useful making my computer live somewhat
>> easier…
>>
>> Any suggestions for debugging this problem? I am not a pure beginner –
>> i had Ubuntu since 7.04, but I am still not much more than a regular
>> user, using Ubuntu to get things done rather than fiddling with the
>> system (even if I can fiddle with it a little bit too, but still
>> learning).
>
>
> Maybe not the most elegant solution, however I would backup my data
> files that I wanted to keep, and would perform a clean installation
> erasing /home.

Yes, my plan is to do that if nothing else works. First, however, I am
going to wait a few days for suggestions how to debug this problem,
because I like to learn things. Maybe it's just not possible, I don't
know, but I'll wait and see for a couple of days.


Johnny Rosenberg


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