On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Paul Sutton <zl...@zleap.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > http://imagebin.org/89424 > > just got the above, come up, not sure what triggered it, but I can't > click on desktop, i can click menus and load programs > > i can't change the background using preferences > can't even click, its just a white space. > > just wondered if anyone has come across this sort of thing. > > Paul > > - -- > Paul Sutton > www.zleap.net
I've seen something a bit like that on a couple of systems. It was due to problems with Compiz. One 1 machine, it was due to me disabling DRI in the X server while leaving Compiz enabled. It requires DRI & couldn't display a usable desktop without it. On the other, it was due to relying on an only-partially-supported graphics chipset & enabling all the visual "chrome" in Appearance. The graphics couldn't support all the features and I got a blank desktop. In both cases, I had to flip to an alternate V-console (Ctrl+Alt+F1 - thru' - F6) and fix it from the command line. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
