That's it Gavin. One important? point though: prior to the upgrade the screen resolution of Edubuntu 6.10 suddenly changed to 640x480 with no apparent explanation. There was no suggestion of a higher resolution even though it had been working fine.
Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:57 PM Subject: Re: Login Screen Extremely Distorted > Hi Owen, > > On Mon, 07 May 2007, Owen Bonney wrote: > > > Short answer: No. > > I think I might have missed your first post. Reading this email it looks > like you have issues logging in after upgrade to Feisty. Is that correct? > > > After the update I now get: > > Edubuntu flash screen > > progress bar > > logon username - accepts "Enter" > > logon password - accepts "Enter" > > hangs. > > Mouse pointer works. > > No buttons or keys do anything. > > Monitor shows Edubuntu background colour first seen with the initial flash > > screen. > > To get out of this state, shut down computer is the only way. > > It sounds like you have a problem with some confused gnome settings and > gnome is failing to start up as a result. > > You may need a little command line action to resolve this. I'd suggest: > > 0. Boot up and don't login. > 1. Hold <CTRL><ALT> and press <F1>, you should get a text terminal. > 2. Login with your usual username and password > 3. Type the following commands: > mkdir oldgnomesettings > mv .gconf .gconfd .gnome2 .gnome .gnome2_private .nautilus .metacity oldgnomesettings/ > 4. Hold <CTRL><ALT> and press <F7>, you should get back to the login > screen. > 5. Try logging in. > > this will move all your gnome settings out of the way and let gnome > recreate them afresh. > > Let us know how you get on, > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel > > -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
