blank desktop screen after login after installing ubuntu 12.10 on compaq evo n610c

After installing ubuntu 12.10 permanently from windows xp professional It is a compaq evo n610c, and entering password login, it just shows a blank desktop screen. no icons, no upper left menu. nothiing. what to do ??? I am new to ubuntu and linux operated systems....do i need to go to an older version of ubuntu for ubuntu to work ???

here are more specs: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/q...11382_div.HTML

Hi, welcome to the fora.

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Originally Posted by jeanb1014

...from windows xp professional

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Does this mean that you are installing Ubuntu inside Windows (Wubi)?

I had 12.04 running side by side with windows 7 and after updating to 12.10, I also have a blank desktop.
I checked your specs and we both using an ATI Radeon video card. there is a youtube clip on how to fix this issue for a Nvidia and AMD cards.

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Originally Posted by toswells

there is a youtube clip on how to fix this issue for a Nvidia and AMD cards.

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Perhaps a link?

I’m having a similar problem as well. I installed it beside Windows XP Pro. I installed it on a Dell Inspiron 600m, using the instructions found here http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-t...n-non-pae.html (It has a non-PAE processor) It too has an ATI video card (Mobility Radeon 9000) What I find odd is that I have a bunch of usable controls in the upper right edge of the log in screen, which disappear once I log in.

I am having the same problem on my Dell dimension 4600. The log in looks like everything is fine but everything is blank beyond that. I am getting error messages about things crashing. Brand new to the Ubuntu world, could use some help.