Help!
I was following this guide, but the result is still no sound AND now also a messed-up GNOME. Problems with Login Screen and sudo nautilus.
I run Hardy with kernel 2.6.24-16-generic, and GNOME 2.22.2. There was no sound after installing the 2.6.24-16-generic kernel (as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...9/comments/173 -- I had been trying to fix Suspend/Hibernate problems but htat's another story). Here is the part of the sound guide (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...47&postcount=1) that caused the problem:(1) Remove these packages[My comment: Why does removing the sound driver remove the GUI for the operating system? Why not fix it ASAP to prevent the sort of thing that I describe below? --User 101.
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(2) Reinstall those same packagesCode:sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
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Code:sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils [list][*]VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Ubuntu (GNOME) users have reported that packages 'gdm' and 'ubuntu-desktop' are removed after removing the linux-sound-base packages.
Continuing on with the quote from the sound guide:]I did all this, but after the reboot, there was no more Face Browser with user names, you had to enter the user name manually.If this happens, then do the following
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(3) RebootCode:sudo apt-get install gdm ubuntu-desktop
I tried to fix this, but unfortunately, System > Administration > Login Window > [Admin. Password] > program flickers on briefly and crashes (just vanishes without trace from the screen). Running sudo gdmsetup from Terminal causes the same result, with the message "Segmentation fault" in Terminal. I had to figure out how to
manually to restore a Login Face Browser by removingCode:sugo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
and instead typingCode:GraphicalTheme=Human
In addition, if I want to browse file system as root, I tryCode:GraphicalTheme=happygnome-list
but I get:Code:sudo nautilus
None of this was a problem before I tried to work through the sound guide.Code:seahorse nautilus module initialized Initializing nautilus-share extension Segmentation fault
I'm just a home user who was hoping for a stable and secure alternative to Windows. I appreciate that this is a free operating system, and many of the people here and on Launchpad are volunteers who are trying very hard to help. Having said this, I feel like I'm getting deeper and deeper into trouble: first just trying to fix Suspend/Hibernate broke the Sound. Trying to fix Sound then broke the Login and sudo nautilus (with the sound still broken).
Is there a quick and simple solution to my sound and Login problems that would not break something else?
--Or should I just reinstall Hardy?
--Or maybe go back to Gutsy, where I had many fewer problems?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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