[ubuntu-za] Quantal chaos

[Lee Sharp]

On 12/10/2012 04:49 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Hi everybody, now, in addition to Skype, my Firefox also does not
> launch. The system tells me Firefox is already running, but it's not. I
> tried uninstalling, reboot and re-install, same result: Firefox is
> already running.
>
> Then I tried to install Google Chrome, "serious problem" reported to
> developers. I have never had any feedback about problems automatically
> reported, do not even know if they get anywhere.
>
> My launcher icons also disappear when I reboot, and compiz goes haywire.
> I am now reverting to Precise 12.04.

Create a new user and reboot.  Log in as new user and see if things 
launch...

			Lee