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Hi!, Waallen,

I had the same blank Desktop problem after updating 13.04 on three different installations.

Neither the dconf reset, nor various Compiz reset commands, worked for me as I had...

Hi!, mahuhu,

I do not know what to suggest and have asked MAFoElffen to assist,

Chao!, bogan.

H1, Mahuhu,

With 10.04 you will not have Unity or the test file, so that error message is expected.

I have little detailed knowledge of Intel video cards and I gather the [8086:2a02] GM965...

Hi!, Mahuhu, It is not clear from your Post if you now have any access to a terminal, TTY, or to a GUI

If you do, then please post the following & their outputs, highlight and select the '#' icon...

Hi!, Bashing_om,

The output from: 'sudo debconf-show grub' in my sda Raring, is identical except for the two lines in your Post that have an asterisk in front:
Those two lines in mine are: Note,...

Hi!, Bashing_om,

Without going through your boot/grub/grub.cfg file in detail, it looks to me that your are editing the files in one installation, say Raring, whilst the grub menu and boot...

Hi!, Qxaliang2013,

If Frogs Hair's reinstall command did not work, try Ubuntu-Tweak; there is an option to show/remove the Shutdown item in the Tweaks>Session Indicator menu. Make sure it is...

Hi!, Echo6,

You Posted:'unity --reset' is replaced by 'setsid unity' but you probably also need to run: 'unity --reset-icons'.

In practice the 'reset-unity' option with unity-tweak-tool is, in...

Hi! All,
As a matter of interest, since the recent kernal updates, my computers now go through exactly two sequences of flashing red & white dots, in the Shutdown splash screen, and then shut down...

Hi!, GiovanniLemus,

Check out my Thread in 'Ubuntu +1', Posts #36 & #39 especially.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2136435

You will find there a long list of suggested 'solutions',...

Hi!!, Athquiz,

In installing an nvidia driver the Nouveau driver will probably have been Blacklisted in '/etc/modprobe.d'

Look for an entry in the 'blacklist.conf' file or a file called...

Hi!, All,

I too have the Ubuntu red and white dots splash screen. unendingly sequencing on shutdown, until forced to quit. That is on five different installations of 13.04, which shut down...

Hi!, MaxPayneFH,

Have you tried logging in to fallback or on a Guest account, or a new second Administration account ? A lot depends if those work correctly or not.

Many users with this problem...

Hi!, Cariboo97 or Whoever is in charge of Tutorials,

The forums all have Announcements that the Tutorials sub-forum is re-opened.

But what forum is a 'sub' to? and where is it ??

I have...

Hi!, wide-load & scpatl4now.

Try creating a second Administration account; Right-Click on Desktop>Change Background>All Settings>user accounts.

Check out my thread in Ubuntu +1:...

Hi!, Jonners59,

I do not really have anything productive to add to my last Post #1232.

In your position I would do the following:

Check the system will boot and run correctly from a 12.04.1...

Hi!,

You Posted:That is a very ancient Video card and I can not find it listed by Nvidia.com even among Lecacy GPU's.

Guessing, if the Nouveau driver is not giving you enough graphics power,...

Hi! All,

I have had the same 13.04 Blank Desktop with five different installations running different Nvidia cards and drivers, and none of the suggestions in this Thread - or others - worked for...

Hi!, Lighting Dragon,

Please describe what the symptom of trouble are, and at what stage they occur, Grub Menu, before or after login, or Desktop??

Without that info any response would be...

Hi!, Johnners59,

As you do not like Unity, have you tried MAFoElffen's suggestion in Post #1217- use Fallback ?? You may need to install 'gnome-session-fallback' and you get two extra Log-in...

Hi!, Theoden9017.

Sorry, I put in a typo:It should be:
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -pIE a forward stroke after '/usr'.


Either the support_test or:
glxinfo | grep -i opengl # or:
sudo...

Install with apt-get:

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback # reboot and login to 'Fallback'
sudo apt-get install gksuPlease Post:
uname -r
lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga...

Hi!,Cam!,

For full instructions to install Nvidia downloaded drivers see:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743535&page=10 Post #1126.

One update: before installing, make sure DKMS is...

Hi!, dekaru01,

After updating 13.04, I get a similar Kernal Panic and freeze up when I select "Ubuntu" from the grub menu.

But if I press 'Enter' with Advanced Options highlighted, and choose...

Originally Posted by bogan in Ubuntu +1: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2136435 There is a long list of alternative reset commands in that Thread.
Hi!, All,

Chao!, bogan.