10.04 using KDE desktop failure

**tgpfx** · May 3rd, 2010

Upgraded from 9 to 10.04 - all went well until I decided to try the KDE instead of Gnome - result a blank black screen except Cairo Dock and cannot find a way back to the Gnome Desktop. Can anyone help with this problem ???
Next I decided to upgrade my laptop - all went OK until I tried to boot up - result - nothing at all - no graphics on whatsoever ?? The PC upgrade was fantastic before the KDE episode - I just want to recover from KDE.

**zcorpi** · May 8th, 2010

I have the same issue , GNOME works fine , but when I try to log in to KDE I get a blank screen , when I do a ctrl alt del I can see the log off screen else all I see is a white mouse pointer. I do hear the login and log off music though

**tgpfx** · May 8th, 2010

Try this address http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...81#post3959181 . This reply from tommcd got me back on track, but it wasn't quite the same as before so since then I have done a fresh clean install from a disk, and I won't be using the upgrade route again. I haven't tried to boot up with KDE again and I am not going to as I think that the Gnome Desktop is reallt great and I don't want to risk it. Hope that this works for you

**phara0h1** · July 4th, 2010

Hi. I have exactly the same problem as you except I do not have a dock set to run at startup and so I have no way of accessing the terminal (Ctrl + ALt+ T doesn't work) so I can't run any of the commands that were suggested.

How else can I get Gnome to run? Or will I have to do a fresh install of Ubuntu?

**lais** · July 4th, 2010

Originally Posted by phara0h1

Hi. I have exactly the same problem as you except I do not have a dock set to run at startup and so I have no way of accessing the terminal (Ctrl + ALt+ T doesn't work) so I can't run any of the commands that were suggested.

How else can I get Gnome to run? Or will I have to do a fresh install of Ubuntu?

Press ALT+F2 and type konsole.