Re: Need Help.. BAD!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sounds more like a fonts problem. Is your Desktop using English or another language? You may need to reinstall your language fonts or set your fonts again in the gnome settings. I don't actually use gnome so I am not much help for the specifics. Ray Edester wrote: | Hi Robin, | | On Monday 28 January 2008 09:11, Robin wrote: |>> On Saturday 26 January 2008 16:37, Robin wrote: | |>>> This sounds like gnome might be using old configuration files from |>>> your /home/user/ directory. |>>> |>>> NB! This will remove any settings e.g. backgrounds that you have set |>>> up |>>> |>>> If you log out of X (gnome) hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 keys to get to a console |>>> and login as yourself then enter |>>> |>>> mv .gnome2 .gnome2.old |>>> mv .gconf .gconf.old |>>> mv .gconfd .gconfd.old |>>> | | OK. Did that. 'Only effect seems to be I lost my shortcuts on | the "Kicker" line. I could replace all but Kmail as it must not be | a "stock" item of gnome. I mv'd them back to originals as they didn't | seem to do anything for me. | | I got back in Kmail here from a terminal.. | |>>> Hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to login screen |>>> |>>> |>>> If the issue persists and you have a .gtkrc file in your home |>>> directory move that out of the way. | No .gtkrc to be found... | | tks, | | Ray (Where the rubber is hitting the road!) :-) | |>> -- |>> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list |>> Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com |>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: |>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHp6MFwRXgH3rKGfMRAjxiAJ9lIawOXmIuiVtBNQ9h20rtbj+nDACcDbhA 1oLxwwub/RyOJwtGy+v7y/M= =t6am -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
Hi Robin, On Monday 28 January 2008 09:11, Robin wrote: > > On Saturday 26 January 2008 16:37, Robin wrote: > > > This sounds like gnome might be using old configuration files from > > > your /home/user/ directory. > > > > > > NB! This will remove any settings e.g. backgrounds that you have set > > > up > > > > > > If you log out of X (gnome) hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 keys to get to a console > > > and login as yourself then enter > > > > > > mv .gnome2 .gnome2.old > > > mv .gconf .gconf.old > > > mv .gconfd .gconfd.old > > > OK. Did that. 'Only effect seems to be I lost my shortcuts on the "Kicker" line. I could replace all but Kmail as it must not be a "stock" item of gnome. I mv'd them back to originals as they didn't seem to do anything for me. I got back in Kmail here from a terminal.. > > > Hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to login screen > > > > > > > > > If the issue persists and you have a .gtkrc file in your home > > > directory move that out of the way. > > No .gtkrc to be found... tks, Ray (Where the rubber is hitting the road!) :-) > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
> > > On Saturday 26 January 2008 16:37, Robin wrote: > > > > > > I would certainly hate to have to reinstall 6.06 and lose a lot of > > > work put > > > into the OS over the year(s) > > > > > > If anyone has some ideas I could surely use them as this has gone on > > > for nearly a week and I have gotten nowhere, so far. > > > > > > Tks, > > > > > > Ray > > > > This sounds like gnome might be using old configuration files from your > > /home/user/ directory. > > > > NB! This will remove any settings e.g. backgrounds that you have set up > > > > If you log out of X (gnome) hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 keys to get to a console and > > login as yourself then enter > > > > mv .gnome2 .gnome2.old > > mv .gconf .gconf.old > > mv .gconfd .gconfd.old > > > > Hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to login screen > > > > > > If the issue persists and you have a .gtkrc file in your home directory > > move that out of the way. > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- rob On 28/01/2008, Ray Edester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi Robin, I have replaced the nVidia card setting in xorg.conf with the proper one that worked with 6.06. But no luck. I "Slocated" for .gnome2 and had so many that I'm reluctant at this time in removing it from /home/ray/.gnome2 until I can know more about it. It has many sub-dirs as "/home/ray/.gnome2/ " as well. I am ignorant as to its usage and fear to render myself unable to enter the OS at all... /home/ray/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 Is there as well. Same caveats apply... ? Ray What you get is the same desktop as was originally installed by Ubuntu. New .gnome2 etc. files and directories are created. System (OS or X server) settings, in the main, are not stored in your Home directory. The mv command does not delete the files so you could reverse the process by mv .gnome2.old .gnome2 . You shouldn't need to though. rob http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=82BS4ZCMFR1 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
Hi Robin, I have replaced the nVidia card setting in xorg.conf with the proper one that worked with 6.06. But no luck. I "Slocated" for .gnome2 and had so many that I'm reluctant at this time in removing it from /home/ray/.gnome2 until I can know more about it. It has many sub-dirs as "/home/ray/.gnome2/ " as well. I am ignorant as to its usage and fear to render myself unable to enter the OS at all... /home/ray/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 Is there as well. Same caveats apply... ? Ray On Saturday 26 January 2008 16:37, Robin wrote: > > > > I would certainly hate to have to reinstall 6.06 and lose a lot of > > work put > > into the OS over the year(s) > > > > If anyone has some ideas I could surely use them as this has gone on > > for nearly a week and I have gotten nowhere, so far. > > > > Tks, > > > > Ray > > This sounds like gnome might be using old configuration files from your > /home/user/ directory. > > NB! This will remove any settings e.g. backgrounds that you have set up > > If you log out of X (gnome) hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 keys to get to a console and > login as yourself then enter > > mv .gnome2 .gnome2.old > mv .gconf .gconf.old > mv .gconfd .gconfd.old > > Hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to login screen > > > If the issue persists and you have a .gtkrc file in your home directory > move that out of the way. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
On Saturday 26 January 2008, Ray Edester wrote: > I'm trying to figger how to run the CD as "Live" and do as he suggested, > saving the xorg.conf file and replacing in the resident OS. Come to think of it, I don't think Ubuntu Studio runs live. I can't find anything to make me think otherwise. Try the other guy's suggestion, because I don't know anything about GNOME at all. Then if all else fails, and you have broadband, then try with a live CD version of plain Ubuntu Gutsy, and go from there. (But don't waste three weeks downloading around the clock to get a CD, because it's too much of a longshot.) -- D. Michael McIntyre -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
On 25/01/2008, Ray Edester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't know if this is the proper forum... But, > > I have upgraded my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to Studio 7.1 using a CD brought to me > by a friend. (Former friend??) :-) > > ALL works very well except; > > ALL GUI screens/sub-screens have TEXT shown only as clear blocks. ie; 3x6 > (5x9?) pixelations(?) Icon names and Kicker Line. This, of course, > renders the desktop all but unusable. > > The SET command shows the path as; > > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > I would certainly hate to have to reinstall 6.06 and lose a lot of work > put > into the OS over the year(s) > > If anyone has some ideas I could surely use them as this has gone on for > nearly a week and I have gotten nowhere, so far. > > Tks, > > Ray > > > This sounds like gnome might be using old configuration files from your /home/user/ directory. NB! This will remove any settings e.g. backgrounds that you have set up If you log out of X (gnome) hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 keys to get to a console and login as yourself then enter mv .gnome2 .gnome2.old mv .gconf .gconf.old mv .gconfd .gconfd.old Hit Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to login screen If the issue persists and you have a .gtkrc file in your home directory move that out of the way. -- rob http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=82BS4ZCMFR1 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
Hi Michael, You've got it! I'm trying to figger how to run the CD as "Live" and do as he suggested, saving the xorg.conf file and replacing in the resident OS. Guess a trip into Winsloth is my next move??? Thanks for that and please "stay tuned", as they say. :-) Ray On Saturday 26 January 2008 15:34, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > On Saturday 26 January 2008, Darrin Goodman wrote: > > Ray, I am not quite sure of what you mean by "clear blocks". You seem > > I think he means instead of fonts he's seeing something like > > [][][][][][][] [][] [][][][][][] [][][][][] [][][][][][][][] > [][][] [][] [][][][][][][] [][][][][][][][][][] [] [][][] [][][] > > in dialog boxes and such. > > I've seen this, but don't remember what I did about it. I have no > thoughts, I'm afraid. > -- > D. Michael McIntyre -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
On Saturday 26 January 2008, Darrin Goodman wrote: > Ray, I am not quite sure of what you mean by "clear blocks". You seem I think he means instead of fonts he's seeing something like [][][][][][][] [][] [][][][][][] [][][][][] [][][][][][][][] [][][] [][] [][][][][][][] [][][][][][][][][][] [] [][][] [][][] in dialog boxes and such. I've seen this, but don't remember what I did about it. I have no thoughts, I'm afraid. -- D. Michael McIntyre -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Need Help.. BAD!
> ALL GUI screens/sub-screens have TEXT shown only as clear blocks. ie; 3x6 > (5x9?) pixelations(?) Icon names and Kicker Line. This, of course, > renders the desktop all but unusable. Ray, I am not quite sure of what you mean by "clear blocks". You seem to be directing your difficulties at "all GUI screens/sub-screens", so I am wondering if your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file might need to be adjusted a little bit in order to work properly with your monitor? When Feisty Fawn (7.04) came out, I had troubles with getting it to properly recognize my laptop's LCD screen so it ended up producing three vertical sections of the desktop (and each section was only 1/3 of the width of the desktop that it represented), and was completely unusable. I found that I could boot into the live CD of the previous version of *buntu that I had been running, save the xorg.conf file on my flash drive, then boot back into my new OS build, replace the xorg.conf file with the one on my flash drive, and then everything was fine. As newer versions of operating systems come out, they are having to support the newer equipment that is currently available and probably some of the support for older hardware ends up getting left out (I am assuming...). I wonder if replacing (or adjusting) your xorg.conf file could be a solution for you? I am no expert and I am not sure that I fully understand your difficulty, but I can say that this solved my GUI troubles on all of my older laptops. Try creating a backup of your existing xorg.conf file, then boot into a 6.06 live CD and save your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Then boot back into your current OS and replace your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with the one that you saved in the 6.06 version. If your GUI is completely unusable (as you stated), then you may need to use CTRL + ALT F1 to get to a command prompt. Mount to your flash drive, replace your existing xorg.conf file with the one on your flash drive. Then CTRL + ALT F7 will get you back to your GUI; to restart X, you can use CTRL + ALT + Backspace, which will use the settings in your new xorg.conf file. Good luck! Feel free to holler if you have problems or questions. - Darrin On Jan 25, 2008 3:22 PM, Ray Edester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know if this is the proper forum... But, > > I have upgraded my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to Studio 7.1 using a CD brought to me > by a friend. (Former friend??) :-) > > ALL works very well except; > > ALL GUI screens/sub-screens have TEXT shown only as clear blocks. ie; 3x6 > (5x9?) pixelations(?) Icon names and Kicker Line. This, of course, > renders the desktop all but unusable. > > The SET command shows the path as; > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > I would certainly hate to have to reinstall 6.06 and lose a lot of work put > into the OS over the year(s) > > If anyone has some ideas I could surely use them as this has gone on for > nearly a week and I have gotten nowhere, so far. > > Tks, > > Ray > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- . __o ._ \ <, (*)/,(*) ^--^^-^---^--^^-^^^ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Need Help.. BAD!
I don't know if this is the proper forum... But, I have upgraded my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to Studio 7.1 using a CD brought to me by a friend. (Former friend??) :-) ALL works very well except; ALL GUI screens/sub-screens have TEXT shown only as clear blocks. ie; 3x6 (5x9?) pixelations(?) Icon names and Kicker Line. This, of course, renders the desktop all but unusable. The SET command shows the path as; PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin I would certainly hate to have to reinstall 6.06 and lose a lot of work put into the OS over the year(s) If anyone has some ideas I could surely use them as this has gone on for nearly a week and I have gotten nowhere, so far. Tks, Ray -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
