chinmaya.karekar
October 18th, 2009, 11:30 PM
Hello all, it seems that my Ubuntu 8.04 is having some serious issues. Any help that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
When I start my system (I have XP/Ubuntu dual boot), I get the following error:
Warning: Screen isn't composited. Please run compiz (-fusion) or another compositing manager.
After that the nothing happens. I can't even run Alt+F2. The Gnome Panels don't come up... :( I can get nothing done.
I think it's something to do with Compiz and AWN. AWN did work for a few days, but this happened all of a sudden.
The only thing I can open in Ubuntu is Firefox and that too because I have a shortcut for it on my laptop.
Alternatively, I am thinking of doing a full system reinstall, but I need to recover my data from this Ubuntu installation. I tried booting using the Ubuntu Live CD, but I cannot copy files to an external hard drive as it gives me error saying I don't have permission to copy files.
Please help...
When I start my system (I have XP/Ubuntu dual boot), I get the following error:
Warning: Screen isn't composited. Please run compiz (-fusion) or another compositing manager.
After that the nothing happens. I can't even run Alt+F2. The Gnome Panels don't come up... :( I can get nothing done.
I think it's something to do with Compiz and AWN. AWN did work for a few days, but this happened all of a sudden.
The only thing I can open in Ubuntu is Firefox and that too because I have a shortcut for it on my laptop.
Alternatively, I am thinking of doing a full system reinstall, but I need to recover my data from this Ubuntu installation. I tried booting using the Ubuntu Live CD, but I cannot copy files to an external hard drive as it gives me error saying I don't have permission to copy files.
Please help...