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Desktop does not show when I installed nvidia drivers!

I had 12.04 installed and had no problems at all, having had it setup on my Compaq Presario CQ62 for about 2 weeks (I'm new to Ubuntu and I had a spare laptop to experiment with). Last night, I installed 12.10 through the update manager. Now, I'm not seeing the Unity GUI if I select Default or Ubuntu, at all, just the Eclipse launcher which I had created sitting on the desktop. Even hitting the Windows key to bring up Dash doesn't work. But, when I select GNOME during login, I'm able to access everything in the GUI, including the menu folders for games, internet, system settings, etc.

There was a couple error message saying that a system file wasn't loading properly but I forgot to write these down, and now these error messages aren't loading when I restart. Will I need to wipe clean and reinstall?

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lolajl
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I had the same problem myself. In my case there was some problem with configuration files. To check if that is a issue for you too, create a new user or use guest account. GUI should display as intended.

To fix it for your account:

Navigate to your home folder, delete any .gnome, .compiz folder you can find there. After that go to .config folder and repeat procedure with gnome and compiz folder there. Do not worry, Ubuntu will replace them with default files. Log out.

I'm sorry that i cannot provide you with more precise answer. This one may look a little dirty but it works.

Mateusz Szczepańczyk
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I had the same issue and solved it.

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I re-enabled bumblebee default repository and reinstalled it (see link). It fetched nvidia-current and installed it. So, I assume for those who do not have bumblebee that reinstalling nvidia-current will also solve the issue.

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I solved this issue by uninstalling fglrx. My system uses a "Legacy" ATI Radeon card and the changes in xorg and opengl along with driver support made this necessary.

sudo apt-get autoremove fglrx --purge

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I have the same problem. The login screen is ok.
I started a Gnome session and that was OK too.
Starting a Ubuntu session: only a desktop background, no panel or unity.
Via Ctrl+Alt+T I added a new user. Logging in as this new user; same problem.
Than I started the computer again with a 12.10 bootdisk.
It is busy for a few minutes now trying to find to screen setting; flickering screens and now and then only a background.

More to follow..

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