Compiz messed up

[Elfyy]

So, I was in Compiz and enable the cube and one of the conflicts was something with opengl. I thought I hit the right button but now Ubuntu is completely messed up... I can't see the toolbar or any other icons, can't open terminal w/ alt ctrl t. I can't do anything.... I'm on winxp right now. Any ideas??? Thanks!

[Frogs Hair]

For Unity

Restart with the button on the computer , when the login screen comes up select your user name and enter the password .

Before login , select the recovery console from the session list below the greeter box on the bottom panel.

Enter, the code restart the computer . When login screen comes up again select Ubuntu from the session list .


unity --reset

For Classic Gnome . try this command from the recovery console .

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz (reset)

[Elfyy]

For Unity

Restart with the button on the computer , when the login screen comes up select your user name and enter the password .

Before login , select the recovery console from the session list below the greeter box on the bottom panel.

Enter, the code restart the computer . When login screen comes up again select Ubuntu from the session list .


unity --reset

For Classic Gnome . try this command from the recovery console .

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz (reset)


I diddnt know what I had so I just tried both of those and neither worked... It didnt say really anything in cmd line after I entered those...

[Blasphemist]

Substitute this for the gconftool command above.

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compizconfig-1
sudo reboot

[zathras1974]

I ran into the same issue and found that this is a known issue with 11.04. But don't dispair, there is an excellent tutorial (http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/05/enable-desktop-cube-in-unity-ubuntu.html) on how to get this all going over at Ubuntu4beginners. Just follow the instructions and you'll be good to go. :)

http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/05/enable-desktop-cube-in-unity-ubuntu.html

[Elfyy]

Thanks you very much! Blasphemist, your directions worked great! Zath I'm about to try that guide, hope it works!

[Blasphemist]

This tutorial is the best one I've seen.
http://amazingubuntucube.blogspot.com/

Glad the reset worked!