Kubuntu display error

[Firestrm_ZA]

Hi all,

right i have Kubuntu 8.10 installed on my work laptop. problem is i installed compiz. now i can login but once i log in the display goes corrupt.

how can i log in to disable compiz?

[rustypup]

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sudo metacity --replace

will replace compiz with the more stable, but far less sparkly, metacity window manager..

if this fails, step 2 would be to:

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

just to check everything is as it should be with the h/ware setups etc..

did you attempt to install compiz as root? i've been using it for quite some time, across a number of distros, and have only ever had the mouse freeze issue...

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it was pointed out to me that i haven't really helped you log in without x...
once the machine has booted, use the ctrl+alt+F1...F12 combo to access a console session... (once the console is open, remember to hit enter to activate it...)

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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

or

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startx

to get xserver going on the current console..

[Stuart]

Step 3: Install Vista.

i've been using it for quite some time, across a number of distros, and have only ever had the mouse freeze issue...

You freeze mice? First you eat baby seals because people are pledging to download FF3, now this! Brute!

[Firestrm_ZA]

rustypup, thank you.... but i had already re-installed kubuntu following 2 hours of googling but thank you for your advice. i have saved said post ready for use in the event it happens again.