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Hey guys, I've been using Ubuntu (Maverick 10.10) on my desktop (ATI Radeon 5830) for about 3 weeks now, but all of a sudden I am unable to even use my computer.
As soon as I start up, I see my desktop, with icons, but I don't see any gnome-panels, and I'm unable to get any options if I right-click. I can start programs by double clicking them. I also cannot get an internet connection.
I've tried restarting gnome-panel by killing it, using Ctrl+Alt+5 to switch to a terminal (I don't have a shortcut to one on my desktop, and no hotkeys will work), but no luck. Restarting my computer has no effect upon this (I have to manually cut the power, since I don't know the terminal command).
As far as I know, I have not made any changes, and I've never had any problems in the past. This started when I was playing Minecraft, but my internet crapped out, and no amount of re-trying the connection would work. I know it was my computer, as my brother's was working fine in the other room.
Any clues as to what's going on? I'm more than willing to troubleshoot.
The command to shut down is
shutdown
. You'll need root privileges (sudo shutdown
), and rebooting is indicated by the-r
flag. – Cajunluke – 2011-03-14T20:13:16.917I'm able to reboot using 'sudo reboot', I don't know if 'sudo shutdown -r' is any different. No changes upon reboot, though. – Casey Kuball – 2011-03-15T06:00:32.447