ubuntu self reset
so, i switched computers, am using a desktop, and have ubuntu on a 40 GB HD.
everything was going good, and when downloading a ISO file and installing/finding drivers for my printer, the screen went to only the linux background as well as the two panels being completely empty. trash popped back up, and then the other things on my panel did. well, the four workspaces i had open and the various things spread around them all moved to one workspace and i was set back to my two default workspaces instead of 4. and then my wobbly window and 3D desktop cube i had checked in the compiz settings are still checked but dont work. and i tried to uncheck them and recheck them and they still dont work. no wobbly window and no 3D cube.
anyone know at the least why this may have happened and how to fix it? it seems it reset to more original settings.
thanks!
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im wondering why it did this on my laptop but even restarting it didnt set back all the default settings, the cube didn't work. neither would the workspace number change, it was stuck on two.
that computer is broke now so it doesnt matter but it is strange.
thanks for the help mfillpot, where did you learn so much about computers and linux systems?
im no stranger to computer myself, i build them, and am great on windows, linux is just new to me. but i am loving it!!!
My background is in networking, security, operating systems, database, scripting and overclocking. While helping people all around the world with issues in all of those categories I have experienced or helped to addess many issues that I would not have seen on my own systems.
on my laptop which is the one broken right now it wouldn't fix on my account but on the guest one it worked. some info on the problem is in my other thread asking about fixing wireless or system restore. all settings were messed up on my old computer with my account and they all worked on guest session.
but the HD was failing so im guessing that has something to do with it, as that laptop is no longer in service;)
thank you a ton for your help!