no toolbars.. just background

[badgethefarmer]

- i am using hardy.
- i restarted and i was directed to my background image/wallpaper without my toolbars. the ones on top and bottom.
- i managed to fire up this browser thru the use of help
- how do i fix
- help is highly apprecited
- thank you

[iaculallad]

Drop to your terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, then issue the command:

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

and press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back to your GUI.

[badgethefarmer]

thank yo for the imediate reply

- when i load up the terminal, i cant type the code
- the last line says something like 'kinit no resume image, doing normal boot

[oldsoundguy]

Not saying this is your issue, but I had the same thing happen and found I had installed the wrong video driver. Once the correct driver was installed, all was OK.

[badgethefarmer]

oldsoundguy

ok. thanks.
if so, how to install the correct video driver?

[iaculallad]

thank yo for the imediate reply

- when i load up the terminal, i cant type the code
- the last line says something like 'kinit no resume image, doing normal boot

What about pressing the "ESC" or "Enter" key? Will it not bring you to a terminal where you can login?

[damis648]

Let me try this again:
Alt+F2 and type gnome-terminal and run it.
In the terminal, type:

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel

then

gconftool-2 --shutdown

then

rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel

then

pkill gnome-panel

then

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-panel

and finally

sudo reboot

and you should be good to go

[badgethefarmer]

What about pressing the "ESC" or "Enter" key? Will it not bring you to a terminal where you can login?

- it worked. i got in to terminal
- i typed your code and pressed enter
- i did 'ctrl atl f7 to go back to gui
- it's still the same
- tried typing in the 'rm -r~/.gconf...' code' but there was an error
- but i did manage to go to terminal.
- i am learning as i troubleshoot this

[iaculallad]

What about pressing the "ESC" or "Enter" key? Will it not bring you to a terminal where you can login?

- it worked. i got in to terminal
- i typed your code and pressed enter
- i did 'ctrl atl f7 to go back to gui
- it's still the same
- tried typing in the 'rm -r~/.gconf...' code' but there was an error
- but i did manage to go to terminal.
- i am learning as i troubleshoot this

On your terminal:

sudo gconftool-2 --shutdown
sudo rm -rf ~/.gconf/panel
sudo pkill gnome-panel
sudo shutdown -r now

It would be much easier if you copy and paste commands on your terminal.

[oldsoundguy]

you have failed to mentioned your video card set up and whether you have standard or restricted drivers.

I have nVidia cards and used the third party program, Envy, to install them. AFTER I had let Ubuntu install the generic drivers. Three machines, three cards, all worked using the program.