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aznewsh
January 31st, 2010, 02:54 PM
Upgraded IBM Thinkpad A31 to Ubuntu 9.10 - I get to the login screen fine then when I have logged in I see the desktop background just fine but nothing else - no icons no bars nothing, right click on desktop does nothing, I can't do anything.

ctrl-alt-F1 does take me to a terminal screen where I can log in but that is not really helpful since I have no idea what to type to recover.

Any suggestions - thanks...

aznewsh
January 31st, 2010, 07:07 PM
What I didn't mention is that after login I was being prompted for my password to the gnome keysafe because the wireless network was trying to access it - for some reason it wouldn't accept the one I knew it was so I removed the keysafe so I could start over, then the wireless network prompts me for a passphrase but I click on cancel since it is already connected to a wired connection, it is at this point the rest of the desktop fails to load, perhaps something is hanging but I have no idea what?