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blank desktop screen after login after installing ubuntu 12.10 on compaq evo n610c

Asked by jeanb1014

After installing ubuntu 12.10 permanently from windows xp professional, and entering password login, it just shows a blank desktop screen. no icons, no upper left menu. nothiing. what to do ??? I am new to ubuntu and linux operated systems....do i need to go to an older version of ubuntu for ubuntu to work ???

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jeanb1014 (jean-bernabe) said : 		#1

It is a compaq evo n610c

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jeanb1014 (jean-bernabe) said : 		#2

here are more specs: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11382_div/11382_div.HTML

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said : 		#3

looks like unity is not installed ::

could you try

sudo apt-get install unity

then try again

Thanks
~Jeet

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jeanb1014 (jean-bernabe) said : 		#4

Hey Jeet. I had tried this earlier today but still no results yet....still getting getting a blank desktop background. it said unity is already the newest version

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said : 		#5

can you try
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

in terminal

Thanks
~Jeet

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jeanb1014 (jean-bernabe) said : 		#6

i just reinstalled ubuntu to an earlier version....12.04 and that solved that problem.....im in no rush to upgrade it to 12.10. thanks for ur help

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jeanb1014 (jean-bernabe) said : 		#7

so problem solved lol...thanks peace