Basically, every time I boot Ubuntu, no desktop loads, I just see the wallpaper. I don't know if its something to do with my graphics card (Nvidia GTX 970)? Someone help.
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When I login, nothing happens.   I am presented with my desktop wallpaper.    No Dash, no Launcher, nothing.
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When a page doesn't load immediately, Chromium and every other browser I tried display a white  screen before they get a response from it:    Even though chrome://settings/personal says it's using the GTK+ theme - in my case it's Darklooks, which has a dark background:    Is there a way to avoid this in Chromium? Or, if there isn't, is there a browser that does not have this "issue"?
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To better describe the above problem, whenever I start up my Ubuntu/Windows 10 Machine and select Ubuntu, whenever the machine tries to start the GNOME Desktop Environment, it says it started it successfully. however, I never get a graphical desktop environment to use. I can fix this by logging into tty3 and typing gnome-session but I don't really want to do that as, for some reason, that skips login. Can anyone help?
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Is there a way to easily turn on/off showing the boot messages (loading the services) when Ubuntu starts? Is it something in Grub2?  I am running 10.04.
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I have removed Windows 7 using GParted, and want my computer to boot straight into Ubuntu, but I still get the dual boot screen, how can I fix this?
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I was able to install Ubuntu 12.04 using the alternative version of the image, (64 bit) but when I start the system it tells me the GPU  locked up, and instead presents a text only screen.  I understand that this site is not for bug reports, but at the same time, I know that there are some versions of the installer than have to be compatible with my graphics card (Nvidia GTS 360M).  I assumed that the mere fact that the alternative installer ran was an indication that I could get some sort of graphical interface running after the install.  Is there some way of getting some type of graphical interface running on my machine? Even better would be is there a way to get the rest of the system running as normal (i.e. GPU up and running)?  If an internet connection is required to download driver support or something similar, directions for how to configure a wireless connection with WPA2-Personal protection from the text-only interface (bash).  Any help would be appreciated.  Note: I was able to find  which tells me that the card is supported.  Note 2: In the install software stage of the install, I was unable to install anything (no internet connection)  Update: The exact error message is [8.591394] [drm] 0000:01:00.0: GPU Lockup - switching to software fbcon  Update 2: If I try to install with the regular version of Ubuntu, the screen goes staticy. This also happens if I install with Wubi (distasteful I know) and then try to use Ubuntu.  Update 3: I've tried xforcevesa, nomodeset and xforcevesa nomodeset as my wubi boot options.  Update 4: Thanks to jokerdino, I can now connect to the internet, so internet tools would now be a possibility.
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I recently made the switch to Ubuntu. Everything on my laptop works fine except my hybrid graphics card. It is Intel graphics combined with Nvidia GeForce GT650M. I tried Bumblebee, but primusrun doesn't work (segmentation fault, core dumped) and optirun works with glxspheres64, but steam games look worse with optirun than with Intel graphics (e.g. Surgeon Simulator 2013 runs fine with Intel and hangs a lot with optirun)   I tried Nvidia Prime, but it gives me a black screen on startup after install, so I can't do anything and have to power off my PC with the power button. I also tried nvidia-prime 0.5 on Ubuntu 14.04, and then I get 'low-graphics mode' and I can't get to Unity.
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For you that have tested this, should we use Ubuntu and install different Desktop Environments (KDE/XFCE...) or we should install different distributions (Kubuntu/Xubuntu...). Are there any notable issues in performance / CPU consumption?  PS:  I know how to install them (already did), I wanted to know if anyone has any problems regarding the performance and what is better to install the desktop or to use the ditribution
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I changed both the desktop and login screen background photos. However,only desktop photo is changed. The one on the login screen is still the purple Ubuntu one. Is this a bug?
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I am using nautilus on xfce and oneiric, but the desktop of nautilus shows up although I have activated it via gconf, e.g. by  gconftool-2 \                                                                    --type bool \              --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false   I remember this had worked on previous versions of Ubuntu.
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So I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Dell XPS 13. When I get to the login screen it starts at 3200x1800 for a quick second, then I get a way lower resolution like 800x600 but as soon as I login it adjusts to 3200x1800. How would I get 3200x1800 permanently on my login screen? I didn't have this issue on 14.04.
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I would love an animated splash screen, just for a bit of eye candy to replace the purple splash (with 4 dots) during the boot sequence. I know it will slow down boot time but I don't care I just want it to look good. When I show my friends how much better looking Ubuntu is than windows the splash really lets it down.   Any one know a good alternative to the existing Plymouth boot?  I could not get mine to change the splash screen (with terminal or gui apps), and it is now broken, it just shows a load of error messages at boot but still starts Ubuntu.
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After installing Ubuntu 11.10 on a new computer everything worked fine for a few weeks and now suddenly when starting up Ubuntu I get a blank purple screen with no "Ubuntu" splash and the 5 dots but the system does start up.  What has happened to loose the Ubuntu splash screen?  Also, I've checked in the Grub startup and it has quiet splash in the Linux line.   I have an ATI Radeon 5450 graphics card which needed nomodeset to be added to the Grub line when booting for the first time off the install CD but now this line has disappeared from the grub startup.  Can anyone help?
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My laptop has 1 GB Nvidia graphics card.   When i used windows i needed to install graphics card.   Now i am using ubuntu 14.04 with windows 8.1 as dual boot.  Do i need install a graphics driver for ubuntu? if yes how?
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I have had Windows 7 Ultimate installed for about two weeks, with a couple more weeks left to activate.  If you ignore the warnings, eventually you get a watermark on your desktop:    Then, after another few days, the desktop background will turn solid black:    What happens after the trial period has ended without activation?
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I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P today. Everything worked fine, but after installing my graphics card driver the background became pixelated (Nvidia GeForce GT755m). I downloaded the driver through Additional Drivers and selected Version 331.113 (Proprietary, tested). It was using Nouveau before.  When I apply Nouveau it becomes clean again, but it is much weaker when I open games, it gives me very low FPS even in Counter-Strike. With Nvidia driver FPS and everything else seems fine, except things look pixelated and when I minimize windows and maximize again, the window goes black.    I attempted to solve the problem myself by removing the old Nvidia driver and manually installing the latest version, but it did not help.  Please let me know if you need more details.
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I am on 11.04.My Ubuntu splash screen was replaced by Kubuntu after I installed Kubuntu-desktop.I followed the answer of daniel kullmann by mistake in  askubuntu link and I lost splash screen.Now it shows only a blank screen after boot menu until login screen.I entered the other commands from the same post but changed nothing.How can I get back the splash screen back?