Blank Screen after gnome-shell install, cannot logon

[chesl73]

Hi all,

I've got myself in a bit of a jam, I'm hoping someone can help me.
I have Ubuntu 11.10, I have a single user setup and the user is set to auto logon.
I then decided I'd like to install and try out the gnome-shell so I installed it which worked fine and then I logged out from my one and only user and at the logon screen I then selected to use the newly installed gnome-shell.
When I then logged on, all I can now see is my desktop background image and nothing else, I can right-click and see the context menu to create a new folder but that's it. I cannot see or do anything. I've tried ctrl-alt-T to bring up a terminal window but nothing.
I'm now in a loop I can't get out of. I can't logout again and all I can do is reboot which then automatically logs me in using the gnome-shell again and I'm back where I started.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can break this cycle? I tried going into recovery mode and running sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell but I just got some errors.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Liova99]

I Don't know where is your problem, the best you can do is try with a Live CD or USB to log in and back up your data,then wait 1 day maby someone helps you out or reinstall the system.... The bad think of linux is that you dont have a restore system like on windows, and if you make a big miskeke it's some time hard to solve it.
If you don't Like Unity, beter try Gnome 3 and install Shell extenssions like botom panel. see on youtube there is a lot of videos. Sorry thut i can't help you...

[chesl73]

Anyone?

[j1mst1x]

Hey,

Try getting a remote terminal from another computer over ssh and then enter the command:

sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s ubuntu

That should reset your auto-login to unity and then reset the computer. Hopefully this will regain you normal logon to your computer.

Command was found in this article: http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-...ntu-11-10-tip/

Hope I'm not to late,

-j1mst1x