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how do i get back to the right desktop (maverick)

Asked by Mathrys83 on 2010-10-22

i was messing around looking at my options in my default install of maverick.

i some how (yea i know i did it) managed to AFTER booting the ubuntu login GUI it goes to a single white console window in the upper left corner with my default desktop image as the bg. i can command line run firefox.

i have tried looking in the /etc/default/grub file

i am kinda familiar with command lines thanks to dos, but this is feeling like a lot more than im used to and i dont want to have to reinstall....

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : #1

try:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install ubuntu-desktop

May help

Mathrys83 (jholt12) said : #2

it didnt like that that code

said first it didint like the -reinstall

then i took that out and it could not find the pakage ubuntu-desktop

my grub file
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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=25
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" vga=792 splash"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

Mathrys83 (jholt12) said : #3

ok sorry im linux inept....

it was user error i didnt see at the bottem of the screen that i could change the way i logged in .and was stuck in recovery mode.....

so as i said in the chat room i should be shot