tutorial gnome 3.4

You just upgraded to 12.04 from ? ? (what version)

Also , open a terminal and give the results of bellow commands

1) cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -e WW -e EE

2) env | grep DESK

3) cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -r

Thanks

Thanks, NikTh-- here are your answers:
I was at Lucid Lynx, 10.04

sam@Quercus:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -e WW -e EE
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 31.717] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not
exist.
[ 31.767] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 32.460] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBVisuals" is not used

sam@Quercus:~$ env | grep DESK
DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity

sam@Quercus:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -r
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"
3.2.0-31-generic-pae

--sam

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NikTh
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> Your question #210113 on gnome-terminal in Ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/210113
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> NikTh requested more information:
> You just upgraded to 12.04 from ? ? (what version)
>
> Also , open a terminal and give the results of bellow commands
>
> 1) cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -e WW -e EE
>
> 2) env | grep DESK
>
> 3) cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -r
>
> Thanks
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Have you tried the Unity2D session?

My only session options on login are Recovery Console, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 2D
and User Defined...
Do I need to configure something?

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:26 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #210113 on gnome-terminal in Ubuntu changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/210113
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
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> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Have you tried the Unity2D session?
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Select Unity2D and log in.

"Unity 2D" is *not* an option in my login window??
--sam

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> Your question #210113 on gnome-terminal in Ubuntu changed:
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Select Unity2D and log in.
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What is the output of:

dpkg -l | grep unity | grep 2d

sam@Quercus:~$ dpkg -l | grep unity | grep 2d
ii libunity-2d-private0
5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 Unity 2D shared library
ii unity-2d
5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 Unity interface for
non-accelerated graphics cards
ii unity-2d-common
5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 Common files for Unity 2D
Shell
ii unity-2d-panel
5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 Unity 2D Panel
ii unity-2d-shell
5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 Dash and Launcher for the
Unity 2D environment
ii unity-2d-spread
5.12.0-0ubuntu1.2 Unity 2D Spread
sam@Quercus:~$

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:55 AM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #210113 on gnome-terminal in Ubuntu changed:
>
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/210113
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> What is the output of:
>
> dpkg -l | grep unity | grep 2d
> ...
>
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Winter Creek Ranch <http://wintercreekranch.com>, N7DTW
18080 County Rd 70 (530) 796-3723, Skype I-net: sambledsoe, Cellphone
(916) 207-4086
Brooks CA 95606

Compiz seemed to not be working-- tried a restart and got a series of warnings concluding with:
"compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x3c000a4!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this."
--tried to research the bug in Ubuntu/support but found nothing

Then the keyboard ceased to function-- rebooted, the mouse didn't function, rebooted and...

...everything seems to be working now-- the launcher reappeared--, though the new look will take a little learning.

Thanks much to everyone (actionparsnip, NikTh) who tried to help-- I'll probably need it again!
--sam

After upgrading to 12.04 I experienced quite a series of failed or faulty restarts, each one requiring a reboot-- perhaps this is normal behavior, but ultimately my machine seemed to settle down. Maybe other users will appreciate the advice to keep trying reboots when wierd behavior happens after upgrade??
--sam