10:27 a.m.
Aaron thanks for the reply.
On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 22:06 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
Guys I need help
By mistake I activate the desktop effects and now all I can see is a
blank screen and the mouse, I reboot and nothing I get back to the
blank screen.
What desktopp ewffects do you activate? In f14 there at least 2 choices:
standard and compiz.
I am running FC10 on a X86_64 AMD machine.
Can someone please help???
I know this is an older system but my machine would not accept any
upgrades to any of the available releases.
Also I have read some threads where they recommend renaming the .kde
directory but no luck, the problem still remains.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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To your question.
I am not really sure, I activated it through the system pull down menu
System >Preferences >Look and Feel > Desktop Effects
I was able to login as a different user, after creating a second user
account, but I cannot login to the system under that user name
without everything going blank.......
Any ideas????
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10:53 a.m.
> Guys I need help
>
> By mistake I activate the desktop effects and now all I can see is a
> blank screen and the mouse, I reboot and nothing I get back to the
> blank screen.
If you are talking about compiz, try rebooting, and at the login prompt
hit Ctrl+F2 to bring up a text login. Login as root, and do:
yum remove compiz-gnome
or
yum remove compiz-kde
as appropriate. Then logout as root, and hit Ctrl+F1 (or is it Ctrl+F7?)
to return to the graphical login, and login as your normal user.
I've had to do this on occasion (with compiz-gnome).
- Mike
11:11 a.m.
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 11:53 -0500, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
If you are talking about compiz, try rebooting, and at the login
prompt hit Ctrl+F2 to bring up a text login. Login as root, and
A reboot shouldn't be necessary, just CTRL+F2, now, to get to a console.
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11:19 a.m.
Mike,
How would I know if I am talking about compiz or not???
Thanks
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:53, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
>> Guys I need help
>>
>> By mistake I activate the desktop effects and now all I can see is a
>> blank screen and the mouse, I reboot and nothing I get back to the
>> blank screen.
If you are talking about compiz, try rebooting, and at the login prompt
hit Ctrl+F2 to bring up a text login. Login as root, and do:
yum remove compiz-gnome
or
yum remove compiz-kde
as appropriate. Then logout as root, and hit Ctrl+F1 (or is it Ctrl+F7?)
to return to the graphical login, and login as your normal user.
I've had to do this on occasion (with compiz-gnome).
- Mike
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11:35 a.m.
On 01/25/2011 12:19 PM, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
Mike,
How would I know if I am talking about compiz or not???
I don't know. If it is compiz, then removing compiz-gnome and/or
compiz-kde should force the desktop back to the standard mode. If it is
not compiz that is being used, then it doesn't matter if you delete
those rpms - so there's no harm in trying.
- Mike
11:44 a.m.
Michael,
Thank you very much
Running the "yum remove compiz-gnome" did the trick...... :)
Now, is this a permanent solution???
Also, I lost some of the settings, is this expected behavior???
Thanks
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:53, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
>> Guys I need help
>>
>> By mistake I activate the desktop effects and now all I can see is a
>> blank screen and the mouse, I reboot and nothing I get back to the
>> blank screen.
If you are talking about compiz, try rebooting, and at the login prompt
hit Ctrl+F2 to bring up a text login. Login as root, and do:
yum remove compiz-gnome
or
yum remove compiz-kde
as appropriate. Then logout as root, and hit Ctrl+F1 (or is it Ctrl+F7?)
to return to the graphical login, and login as your normal user.
I've had to do this on occasion (with compiz-gnome).
- Mike
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11:51 a.m.
On 01/25/2011 12:44 PM, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
Running the "yum remove compiz-gnome" did the trick...... :)
Now, is this a permanent solution???
I think that you've proven that compiz doesn't work on your system, so
just leave it removed and you'll be fine.
You can re-install it later if you feel like experimenting. But F15 is
going to be totally different anyway (with gnome-shell providing a
radical new default desktop), so I wouldn't worry about it.
Also, I lost some of the settings, is this expected behavior???
Need more clues...
Naturally, after removing compiz-gnome, compiz will no longer be shown
as a choice in the desktop-effects dialog. Is that what you mean?
- Mike
11:56 a.m.
No, I lost the ability to display and switch between workspaces..... ?????
If I reinstall the compiz-gnome the problem comes back......
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:51, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2011 12:44 PM, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
>
> Running the "yum remove compiz-gnome" did the trick...... :)
>
> Now, is this a permanent solution???
I think that you've proven that compiz doesn't work on your system, so
just leave it removed and you'll be fine.
You can re-install it later if you feel like experimenting. But F15 is
going to be totally different anyway (with gnome-shell providing a
radical new default desktop), so I wouldn't worry about it.
> Also, I lost some of the settings, is this expected behavior???
Need more clues...
Naturally, after removing compiz-gnome, compiz will no longer be shown
as a choice in the desktop-effects dialog. Is that what you mean?
- Mike
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12:02 p.m.
On 01/25/2011 12:56 PM, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
No, I lost the ability to display and switch between workspaces.....
?????
Just right-click on the panel, select "Add to panel...", and choose the
workspace switcher applet.
The panels sometimes get messed up when you play with the desktop
effects settings. I don't know why.
- Mike
12:22 p.m.
Now after removing compiz-gnome, now the windows manager is not
working properly. All the windows get anchored to the upper left
corner of the screen....
When I reinstall compiz-gnome, the windows are released from being
anchored to that corner and I can see the windows properly.
But If I reboot the computer reverts back to a blank screen...... Is
there a way to revert back, and/or removing the setting
"desktop-effects", back to the default.....????
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:02, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
On 01/25/2011 12:56 PM, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
> No, I lost the ability to display and switch between workspaces..... ?????
Just right-click on the panel, select "Add to panel...", and choose the
workspace switcher applet.
The panels sometimes get messed up when you play with the desktop
effects settings. I don't know why.
- Mike
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12:31 p.m.
Wait a minute..... What did that command do???
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:29, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
Daniel J. Celta wrote:
> Now after removing compiz-gnome, now the windows manager is not
> working properly. All the windows get anchored to the upper left
> corner of the screen....
Try:
metacity --replace
- Mike
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3:42 p.m.
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 12:31 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
Wait a minute..... What did that command do???
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:29, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
> Daniel J. Celta wrote:
>> Now after removing compiz-gnome, now the windows manager is not
>> working properly. All the windows get anchored to the upper left
>> corner of the screen....
>
> Try:
>
> metacity --replace
>
> - Mike
install metacity to replace compiz. metacity is the standard window
manager. That action did not work for me but you can try it.
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3:40 p.m.
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 12:22 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
Now after removing compiz-gnome, now the windows manager is not
working properly. All the windows get anchored to the upper left
corner of the screen....
When I reinstall compiz-gnome, the windows are released from being
anchored to that corner and I can see the windows properly.
But If I reboot the computer reverts back to a blank screen...... Is
there a way to revert back, and/or removing the setting
"desktop-effects", back to the default.....????
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:02, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
<mjc(a)avtechpulse.com> wrote:
> On 01/25/2011 12:56 PM, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
>> No, I lost the ability to display and switch between workspaces..... ?????
>
> Just right-click on the panel, select "Add to panel...", and choose the
> workspace switcher applet.
>
> The panels sometimes get messed up when you play with the desktop
> effects settings. I don't know why.
>
> - Mike
Install thew rpm: ccsm
Then run ccsm to configure compiz.
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9:31 p.m.
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On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 12:22 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
When I reinstall compiz-gnome, the windows are released from being
anchored to that corner and I can see the windows properly.
But If I reboot the computer reverts back to a blank screen...... Is
there a way to revert back, and/or removing the setting
"desktop-effects", back to the default.....????
The obvious approach, to me, considering what you've just described,
would have been to configure compiz after you re-installed it, before
you reboot again.
In your case, I'd be tempted to configure it, then disable it. So it's
there, but not in use. Then you can try playing with options.
NB: It's rarely ever necessary to reboot on Linux. Usually, it's
enough to just log out and back in again, to have personal settings
re-read.
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3:35 p.m.
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 10:27 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
Aaron thanks for the reply.
On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 22:06 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
> Guys I need help
>
> By mistake I activate the desktop effects and now all I can see is a
> blank screen and the mouse, I reboot and nothing I get back to the
> blank screen.
>
What desktopp ewffects do you activate? In f14 there at least 2 choices:
standard and compiz.
> I am running FC10 on a X86_64 AMD machine.
>
> Can someone please help???
>
> I know this is an older system but my machine would not accept any
> upgrades to any of the available releases.
>
> Also I have read some threads where they recommend renaming the .kde
> directory but no luck, the problem still remains.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
>
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> Main: 713 487 9307
> email: dcelta at gmail.com
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To your question.
I am not really sure, I activated it through the system pull down menu
>System >Preferences >Look and Feel > Desktop Effects
I was able to login as a different user, after creating a second user
account, but I cannot login to the system under that user name
without everything going blank.......
Any ideas????
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Well it is a long time since I looked at FC 10 but in FC 14 you go to
System->Preferences->Desktop Effects. Are you saying that on your
machine Desktop effects is a atomic choice (i.e, clicking on it does not
bring up another menu allowing you to choose between different Desktop
Effects)?
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3:52 p.m.
It brings up a window with a "Enable Desktop Effects" button and two
check boxes below that
If I remove "yum remove compiz-gnome" the problem goes away. But If I
reinstall and bring up that same menu It does not allow me to disable
it.
If I reboot after reinstalling "yum install compiz-gnome" the blank
screen comes back....... Is there a way to revert this desktop effects
setting????
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 15:35, Aaron Konstam <akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 10:27 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
> Aaron thanks for the reply.
>
> On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 22:06 -0600, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
> > Guys I need help
> >
> > By mistake I activate the desktop effects and now all I can see is a
> > blank screen and the mouse, I reboot and nothing I get back to the
> > blank screen.
> >
> What desktopp ewffects do you activate? In f14 there at least 2 choices:
> standard and compiz.
> > I am running FC10 on a X86_64 AMD machine.
> >
> > Can someone please help???
> >
> > I know this is an older system but my machine would not accept any
> > upgrades to any of the available releases.
> >
> > Also I have read some threads where they recommend renaming the .kde
> > directory but no luck, the problem still remains.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >
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> > Main: 713 487 9307
> > email: dcelta at gmail.com
>
>
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>
> To your question.
>
> I am not really sure, I activated it through the system pull down menu
>
> >System >Preferences >Look and Feel > Desktop Effects
>
> I was able to login as a different user, after creating a second user
> account, but I cannot login to the system under that user name
> without everything going blank.......
>
> Any ideas????
>
> --
> Daniel J Celta
> Main: 713 487 9307
> email: dcelta(a)gmail.com
Well it is a long time since I looked at FC 10 but in FC 14 you go to
System->Preferences->Desktop Effects. Are you saying that on your
machine Desktop effects is a atomic choice (i.e, clicking on it does not
bring up another menu allowing you to choose between different Desktop
Effects)?
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