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compiz package

I follow the instructions for the compiz bug and had a black screen after login window

Asked by Rick

I followed the sudo Apt-get remove compiz compiz-core it worked great on my other pc tried it on the other one and it made screen black with backlight does nothing key board still works (i think it may be graphics problem) help !!! rookie

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Rick (rickhughes) said : 		#1

i can login but nothing happens screen goes blank or back to tan with mouse pionter i try to remove compiz and it is not there to remove. i can login on fail safe terminal .

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Try this command

sudo apt-get remove –purge compiz* libcompiz*

Regards

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Rick (rickhughes) said : 		#3

tried it , command line 'p' not known

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#4

Okay try this

sudo aptitude remove –purge compiz* libcompizconfig* -s

or

sudo aptitude remove –purge compiz* libcompiz*

Regards

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Rick (rickhughes) said : 		#5

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.