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    Red face Menus not Loading

    I installed Ubuntu 12.10 a few days ago. It's running along side my Windows 7 install (i.e. duel boot).

    I had a problem today... when I start Ubuntu none of the menus load (both the one along the top and the one on the left). I can open the terminal using ctrl+alt+t and also the ctr+alt+f? terminals.
    The desktop icons are visible and I can right click. I created a file using right click, giving it a .htlm extension allowed me to open firefox.
    The close, minimise and maximise buttons are not visible and instead of the hidden scroll bars they are now always visible. If I double click firefox's menu bar (I thought this should maximise) the program crashes instead. It also doesn't allow me to click and drag to resize.

    This is my first serious attempt at using Ubuntu/Linux so I'm not very familiar with diagnosing/fixing what is wrong. Any help would be great. Thanks.

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    Re: Menus not Loading

    Try running this on a Terminal:
    Code:
     $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic nvidia-current nvidia-settings
    If you have a NVIDIA graphics card, of course. If you have an AMD/ATI card, do this:
    Code:
     $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic fglrx-updates
    Then restart the computer and you should be running with your graphics card drivers, perhaps this will solve the bug.

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    Re: Menus not Loading

    Quote Originally Posted by COMECON View Post
    If you have an AMD/ATI card, do this:
    Code:
     $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic fglrx-updates
    Catbuntu
    Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately the symptoms persist.

    I'm not sure if this will help but I have been playing with the graphics drivers recently.
    I had some problems with Wine lagging so was trying to update my ATI drivers. I installed 'Additional Drivers', then went to "System Settings">"Software Sources">"Additional Drivers" and changes to one that wasn't recommended. [See bottom of http://askubuntu.com/questions/47506...-extra-drivers]

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    Re: Menus not Loading

    This message appears after leaving the computer for some (variable) time:

    "The application Compiz has closed unexpectedly."

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    Re: Menus not Loading

    I have fixed the problem. Comecon was correct in that it was to do with the video drivers.

    To revert back to the original drivers I right clicked the desktop, then used "change desktop background" to access the other system settings. Then went to "Software Sources">"Additional Drivers" and changed back to the one marked as "(open source, tested)" (See attached pic).

    Now I can continue learning to use Ubuntu.
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