Comment 59 for bug 128803
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| Brandon Snider (brandonsnider) wrote | #59 |
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Here's what finally fixed it for me. I completely removed both KDE and Gnome. Then, I used aptitude to reinstall them. This page explains how to do this:
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and:
http://
Once Gnome and KDE are gone, and their config files purged (use the -purge switch), you can reinstall them by:
# apt-get install ubuntu-desktop kubuntu-desktop OR:
# aptitude install ubuntu-desktop kubuntu-desktop
After I did this, the desktop began loading normally. It should take a few hours depending on your internet and PC speed. Of course, this doesn't pinpoint exactly what the problem was, but it does fix it. I suspect it was a problem caused by improperly upgrading from Feisty.