SurlyJake » gdm http://www.surlyjake.com Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:27:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Karmic install cannot login (gdm freezes) Nvidia http://www.surlyjake.com/linux/karmic-install-cannot-login-gdm-freezes-nvidia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=karmic-install-cannot-login-gdm-freezes-nvidia http://www.surlyjake.com/linux/karmic-install-cannot-login-gdm-freezes-nvidia/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:46 +0000 jacob http://www.surlyjake.com/?p=560 On a fresh install of karmic, using an Nvidia 7800 GT. When I went to click on my username to log in, some artifacts would appear on the screen, then the system would freeze. hard. Couldnt even ctrl+alt to another console. Installing the Nvidia drivers fixed the issue. To fix it:

  1. Do a hard reset on the machine
  2. When you arrive at the GDM screen, DO NOT CLICK ON ANYTHING.
  3. press CTRL + ALT + F5. Your screen will switch over to a text console.
  4. Log in.
  5. Install the Nvidia glx driver
    6. sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-new
  6. Reboot the machine.
    7. sudo reboot
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1. Get the packages installed.

apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main

2.Follow the instructions here:  http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz to customize your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

3. restart gdm

/etc/init.d/gdm restart

4. open up a terminal and type

compiz --replace

5. If a went well, you should see everything flash around as it redraws your desktop.

6. My window decorations (title bars) dissapeared when I enabled compiz. Additionally, i couldn’t drag windows by clicking on the title bar. To fix this: go to

a. System -> Preferences -> Compizconfig Settings Manager
b. Scroll down to the “Effects” section and enable “Window decoration”
c. Scroll down to “Window Management” and enable “Move Window”

7. If you want to use the desktop cube and/or workspaces, you will need more than the single or dual workspaces provided by default.

a. System -> Preferences -> Compizconfig Settings Manager
b. Click “General options”
c. Select the “Desktop size” tab.
d. Set the “Horizontal Virtual size” to whatever you want. For a cube… 4

8. If you want compiz to start automatically with GNOME:

Add “compiz –replace” to “Desktop -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs”

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