[OpenIndiana-discuss] No ideas, ANYONE???!! Re: Window manager problems after upgrade to oi_151a9

[Bryan N Iotti]

Hi,

just an idea:

IF your problem might be related to compiz (mine was acting up the other day, will try with latest /hipster update)
	AND
IF you can access a terminal (maybe ALT+F2 still works if GNOME isn't totally dead)
	THEN
you can try gnome-appearance-properties and that should open the appearance settings, so you can go under that visual effects tab and disable it.

Again, just an idea.

  Bryan

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:26:34 +0100
"Hans J. Albertsson" <hans.j.albertsson at branneriet.se> wrote:

> I'm really out on a limb.
> 
> Help!
> 
> On 2014-02-04 10:36, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:
> > I tried left-clicking on empty space in the desktop background... and 
> > it got worse!
> >
> > First nothing, and I clicked again.... now the terminal window 
> > disappeared.
> >
> > And the background menu wouldn't stick, it'd just blink on for like 
> > 100 millisecs....
> >
> > So I had to go to another SunRay and login as another user, start a 
> > terminal and su, beadm activate <oldOI> and reboot....
> >
> > :-) Ain't life interesting!
> >
> >
> > On 2014-02-04 09:39, Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator] wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> well, I guess I used to it (in my /hipster oi_151a181):
> >> I have noticed if I left click on empty space in background, panels 
> >> come back.
> >>
> >> No guarantee that it will work on a9 though. Just an idea.
> >>
> >> And since I use /hipster, I gave up of finding someone willing to fix 
> >> things.
> >>
> >> Regards.
> >>
> >> On 02/ 4/14 09:32 AM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:
> >>> I upgraded from oi_151a7 to oi_151a9 yesterday (some of you may have
> >>> noticed! :-) ) and now I have a strange but consistent problem with the
> >>> window manager in the new BE.
> >>>
> >>> I log in, which looks nice, gdm seems to act the way it should, and 
> >>> when
> >>> I get in, an open terminal window appears, all the icons I expect on 
> >>> the
> >>> desktop appear, but the panels of the window manager do not appear.
> >>>
> >>> I thus have no useful window manager available,
> >>>
> >>>  From the terminal window, I tried
> >>>
> >>> metacity --replace
> >>>
> >>> and something flashes by, I think it is an open window or two, but from
> >>> the session I was running when I performed the OS upgrade, and then
> >>> nothing, no panels no control.
> >>>
> >>> The desktop background right-click menu is available, but that's it.
> >>>
> >>> Some GConf problem, or what???
> >>>
> >>> I also tried
> >>>
> >>> compiz --replace
> >>>
> >>> and the result was, as far as I could determine, identical.
> >>>
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