Joao,

Thanks! I got the same recommendation from the Debian users list, and it
worked.

Mark
On Jul 2, 2013 8:10 AM, "João Palhoto Matos" <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Em 02-07-2013 15:57, Mark Phillips escreveu:
>
> I have been running Debian testing on my laptop for several years. I
> performed a "routine" update/upgrade on Sunday, and I seem to have lost
> gnome.
>
>
> Installing gnome-shell from unstable (3.4.2-10) cleared this for me.
>
> Gnome Classic mostly worked but I also used kde for about one hour.
>
> It's called testing for some reason.;)
>
> Hope this will help you.
>
>  At first, I could not log in, but I got that fixed. However, when I log
> in, all I get is my wallpaper. No favorites on the left, no window docks
> (not sure of the terminology here) on the right, no taskbar at the top,
> etc. Just a wall paper. I also get an error message "No system tray
> detected, unable to start". However, I traced that back to an hp printer
> service, so I don't think it is relevant.
>
> I have tried uninstalling/installing gnome, but no change. I tried
> creating an new user and logging in with that user, and I get the same
> situation - but the default wall paper and not my personal one. I have
> looked through the 'net to find solutions, and I am not getting anywhere.
>
> I cannot find any error messages to work with in aptitude, apt, gdm, Xorg,
> and dmesg. I can ssh into the box from my tablet with no problem.
>
> Please let me know how to fix this issue.....I need my laptop back!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
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> João Palhoto Matos
> Departamento de Matemática
> Instituto Superior Técnico
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