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No desktop after 10.10 upgrade

Asked by pjarvi

I upgraded from Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 to 10.10, everything went smoothly but after restarting there is no desktop. All I am getting is a purple background and a black X for the mouse pointer.

So far I have tried the following:

apt-get -f upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel
rm -rf $Home/.gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel
Ctrl+Alt+F7

None of the above has made any difference.

My system specs:
Samsung N210 Netbook
CPU: Intel Atom N450
RAM: 2GB
LCD: WSVGA 1024x600
GPU: Intel GMA 3150

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You don't need force in your home directory, using force with rm all the time is a REALLY bad habit to form.

If you log in as a different user does the same happen?

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pjarvi (patrickjarvi) said : 		#2

I'm not sure what you are talking about regarding "force", also I am not presented with a login screen to try logging in as a different user. My experience with Linux is very limited, I can use Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to a command line to try different commands, but I am not familiar with user management. If there was a setting in 10.04 to automatically login I probably enabled it.

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pjarvi (patrickjarvi) said : 		#3

Solved it myself:

sudo nano /etc/gdm/custom.conf
-changed the automatic login to false and deleted my username from the automatic login field

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Changed the session to use to: Ubuntu Netbook Edition 2D!

After changing the session type to 2D I was able to login. I then turned back on automatic login and rebooted. It kept the setting and is working now.

Why in the hell it would default to a mode that the hardware could not support is beyond me, this kind of crap is what keeps Linux from being adopted by more people.