display issues

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Mon 17 Oct 2011 23:27:07 SAST, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On Mon 17 Oct 2011 17:22:23 SAST, G. wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Bruce 
>>> Pieterse<octoquadza at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 17, 2011 8:58 AM, "G."<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:30 AM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Avi Greenbury<lists at avi.co> wrote:
>>>>>>> G. wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That bug is for AMD 64 architechture. I have 32 bit. Should I 
>>>>>>>> report
>>>>>>>> a new bug?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nah, just mark yourself as affected by that one. If there's some
>>>>>>> particular reason you think your bug has a different cause than 
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> one because of the architecture difference then it'd be worth
>>>>>>> commenting so (and explaining), but the likelihood is that this 
>>>>>>> is just
>>>>>>> an omission to work around some peculiarity of the way the graphics
>>>>>>> drivers work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In fact, more important than the word length of your kernel is 
>>>>>>> the make
>>>>>>> of your graphics card and which driver you're using; it'd be worth
>>>>>>> commenting with those.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> I filed a bug report 837599. O am not sure if the problems are
>>>>>> identical.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks everyone for helping.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do I mark this as solved?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Another question. Is there a way to duplicate my original (the one
>>>>> where I have the Unity problem) user's set up? I can load into unity
>>>>> with another user. I would rather not have to reinstall the programs
>>>>> I had installed. I think I can move the files just by copying them,
>>>>> there aren't that many.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> GaryK
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Gary,
>>>>
>>>> My other solution was to rename your .gconf and .gnome2 folders by 
>>>> appending
>>>> .bak and then trying to log in to your problematic account. You 
>>>> will have to
>>>> do this while you are logged out of the GUI by using CTRL + ALT + 
>>>> F2. Log
>>>> in, Rename the folders, logout, login via the GUI and Ubuntu will 
>>>> copy the
>>>> skeleton configuration over to your home folder.
>>>>
>>>> Bruce
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>>>>
>>> I'll give it a try. When do you do the CTRL+ALT+F2?
>>>
>>> garyk
>>>
>>
>> I need more detailed instructions. I am looking around on the net to
>> find instructions, have not found anything so far.
>>
>>
>> garyk
>>
>
> Gary,
>
> My apologies for not getting back to you earlier and being vague with 
> my explanation as I was replying from my phone at the time. You can 
> switch to one of the terminals before or after logging in, in this 
> case it would be better if you were logged out of the ubuntu desktop 
> to fix and reload the settings.
>
> At the login screen where you type your password, press CTRL + ALT + 
> F2 and it should ask for a username, then a password. Login with your 
> credentials, move the folders with this command: mv .gconf .gconf.old 
> && mv .gnome2 gnome2.old. We are telling the system to rename the 
> folders with mv from .gconf to .gconf.old and the double ampersand 
> (&&) allows you to execute an additional command in one line. After 
> that is complete you can switch back to X by pressing CTRL + ALT + F7. 
> Login and gnome should copy/create the default settings for your account.
>
> Please note that you might lose some custom configurations after this, 
> therefore I recommend you test your system for a while before deleting 
> the .gconf.old and .gnome2.old folders.

Gary,

Did you win the battle? lol

-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce