[SOLVED] beryl manager not coming up

[auzy07]

i a fairly new user on ubuntu, had it before, went back to windows, got pissed, came back to linux. now i've got everything on how i want it and i went to put beryl and emerald on, i got it going and everything but i cant open the beryl manager to changes all my settings. whenever i type in beryl-manager or beryl into terminal my screen flashes a few times and the bar on top of the windows goes away and they any open programs dont show up on the bottom bar. any suggestions?

[o3rat]

What kernel are you using? Im using 2.6.22.9-generic and beryl-manager runs fine. I know I had a problem with that in 2.6.20.10-generic

[auzy07]

sorry this is only my second time using linux, were can i find out what kernel im running? i just downloaded it off the site the other day so im pretty sure its the newest one, but i dont know what number it is.

[auzy07]

o, if it helps any, when i click on the red diamond in the top of the screen it doesnt do anything but i can right click on it and it comes up with a few emerald options

[smartboyathome]

try running beryl manager in a terminal by typing beryl-manager and post the results.

[o3rat]

sorry this is only my second time using linux, were can i find out what kernel im running? i just downloaded it off the site the other day so im pretty sure its the newest one, but i dont know what number it is.

check kernel versionuname -r

[auzy07]

2.6.20-16-generic

and when i type in beryl-manager a drop down screen comes off my cursor with the options of
emerald theme manager
reload window manager
select window manager -->

and basicly what happens when i right click on the beryl icon on the top right

[smartboyathome]

It works then. Check to make sure the Beryl settings manager is installed in Synaptic.

[auzy07]

ya, beryl-manager is there

[auzy07]

dont worry guys, the settings manager wasnt installed, but i got it and installed it. thanks guys.

[ekricyote]

Is there a way to reload the Beryl window manager (or whatever is the active manager) using a keystroke?

After my screensaver kicks in, time passes and then my monitor display goes blank; when I try to unlock my session, I cannot see anything and I'm forced to restart via Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (restarting GNOME).