Paul Sutton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Liam Proven wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> > hmm, thats interesting as I seeem to be triggering it when killing the > desktop with xkill (did this on purpose for a test). so > > > alt -f2 > type xkill > click on desktop > > so the two could potentially be inter related, > > according to #ubuntu-uk, this isn't a but and meant to happen, i > understand the reasons, i can now fix it by re-running nautilus, i am > more concerned regarding newish users doing this, > > Paul > Um... I'm afraid to say, I very much doubt a newish user will know what xkill is let alone type it. I mean as a more experienced user (not saying I'm uber experienced, just more experienced than a newbie), I still open a terminal and type killall <process name> or maybe kill -HUP pid rather than running xkill.
I'd say there is more chance a user accidentally blatting their Windows installation than doing this. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
