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It seems the nature of the issue (as I was aware) has changed. I haven't lost my Desktop files after all, they have simply been moved to the Root Desktop folder instead of the user Desktop folder. So...

PaulW2U, thanks for yur help. I guess I'm looking at data recovery at this point. I can't find any of my desktop files or folders in terminal, so I'm guessing they've been deleted. I still don't...

I tried putting another file on the desktop, killed nautilus again, and it's working fine with the new file on the desktop and I can even access the Desktop folder from the Places menu, but I still...

Yes, user-dirs.dirs looks normal, but does have today's date on it.
I have no idea how simply saving a text file to the Desktop could cause the Desktop folder to be unnamed and then changed. ...

Everything looks normal in the user-dir.dirs file, so I'm stumped. I don't understand why my computer isn't recognizing my Desktop folder when it is correctly specified in user-dir.dirs.

I need to restore my default Desktop folder in my Home folder. I was saving a text document in gedit and this is what happened:

FIle>Save As>Name: Yard care, to Desktop, hit save. The box blinked...

Thanks. I'm not using Unity. Can't stand it. I have gnome-session-fallback in primary account and Gnome 3 in secondary account.
No cog, but I found system settings, but menu items were missing and I...

This isn't exactly a security issue for me, but could be if I shared my computer, and it isn't really a DE issue, so I didn't really know where to put this.

Whenever I reboot I am automatically...

1. My login screen has changed to a grainy gray with no DE options menu and the user accounts in the middle of the screen.
2. If I don't log in immediately after boot my computer hangs at a blue...

Sorry guys, I was out of commission for a while... but my issue was eventually solved with the fix found here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/521398/bash-error-on-opening-the-terminal


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My wireless connection IS working. I have never plugged an ethernet cord into this computer. I am obviously online right now, but Network says my wireless connection is out of range, won't show...

Just a little confused on updating apt files after upgrade to 14.04. It seems all my PPAs and alternate repos have been completely removed from sources.list and moved into the sources.list.d folder...

A solved this and thought I would post it in case someone else had it happen to them.
The fact that I am using the gnome-tweak-tool with the classic gnome look is probably relevant.
I've noticed I...

So, yeah..... I'll mark this solved in a bit here, but first to answer the questions above.

I could not ping names, but I haven't been able to ping names in Terminal for about 4 years. Today I was...

Holy crap, your suggestion to check stuff DID help. I really didn't think I had it in me to make any more synaptic connections in my brain at this point, but you got me there. Although I have been...

OK .... I've been at this all day. What specifically would you suggest I look at?

I couldn't find anything that looked wrong. It all seems normal, except I no longer have access to any websites.
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My network connection was driving me nuts. For some reason it started trying to connect by wired connection even though it NEVER has. The wireless connection kept disconnecting and Network would show...

Um... super-w just tabs from one window or folder to the next.

Um... super-w just tabs from one winodow or folder to the next.

bash: /home/v/.bashrc: line 129: syntax error: unexpected end of file

This shows at the top of my terminal every time I open it. Things usually work fine in terminal, but I'm wondering what is...

Yes, grahammechanical, that is what is happeneing, but not only multiple windows of one application, but multiple windows open in one workspace.
No sticky keys. It's a mouse behavior. Whenever I try...

Please? I am trying to send email quote requests for several products to several suppliers. My browser window floats away from me and shrinks while I'm in the middle of composing an email and I have...

I'm getting similar strange behavior with every configuration I try. I tired not using the gnome-tweak-tools extension, using one tweak at a time (they are all part of the extension, not really...

Mate was so extremely limited I couldn't use it. It's not a matter of aesthetics, like the devs seem to think. It's actually a matter of function. I've been customizing my computer to FUNCTION the...

I don't know what it's called. The way it's supposed to work is I should be able to focus away from the window I'm working on and view all the windows in my workspace at the same time.
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