I have an HP 8710w laptop that I use most often on weekends or when I'm visiting friends.
Starting a couple of days ago, the following strange behavior began to manifest on it. 1. The right mouse button has no effect on the open desktop screen space. It's supposed to bring up a menu and it doesn't. The button works fine inside any open window, just not on the desktop. 2. The desktop is supposed to be a dark green, but as soon as any window is opened, or even the panels, the background where the window/panel is goes to the ubuntu default background minus the mouse image. 3. If I try to change the desktop settings with the settings manager, they don't take. In fact nothing happens at all. It''s as if there is no desktop manager. I'm running lightdm version 1.18.3 if that matters. It's unchanged from the install. However, I may have overwritten my .config settings from a backup of another computer (by accident - my safeguard against this failed). I just ran a full update and rebooted, and it is still happening. Where are the settings kept for the desktop or the window manager and can I manipulate them manually (if that is wise)? Any suggestions welcome. Thanks, MR -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
