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 > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing > [email protected]https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > > > > -- > João Palhoto Matos > Departamento de Matemática > Instituto Superior Técnico > >
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