No launch botton(s) after updating to 11.04

Log off, click your name, select gnome classic at the bottom, then log in

Thanks for a VERY fast reply. However, your suggestion does not solve my problem.
First, I am not able to log out in the "prescribed" manner, i.e. by clicking on an icon, which then offers several options - like hibernate, restart or shut down.. I cant see ANY icon: Neither at top, the bottom or left or right. Therefore, i n order to "log" out I have force the computer to stop by pressing the switch n button above the keyboard.
Second, I am able to log in by using my name used in the version of ubuntu before I updated to 11.04.
Third. After login I cant see where at the bottom I can find gnome classic.
Fourth. T reiterate. On my desktop, on my screen the only thing I can see is the picture I used as desktop background before updating.
Conclusion. I'm still in dire straits.
mbjornbak

i upgrade from 10.04 to 11.04 when the installation was completed and the pc bootup all my icons is missing the the icons i saved on my desktop is flashing, what is the solution to this problem.

ok what is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

how can we solved this problem and they is no icon, but the only icons on the desktop is the files you saved and they're flashing in and out.

We need help with this issue

Can you give the output of the command I gave

Thanks

You can launch a terminal to run it in with CTRL+ALT+T

the screen keep flashing back and foe

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Thanks. My terminal gave the following reply:
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mbh01@mbh-ZEPTO:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for mbh01:
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:48 memory:f8000000-f80fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff
ioport:1800(size=8)
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
(secondary)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 0c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f8100000-f81fffff
mbh01@mbh-ZEPTO:~$
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mbjornbak

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> Thanks
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thank you for replying so quickly but that don't solved the problem i have,
when i launch the terminal it show on the screen but the screen is flashing
and you cannot type anything so what is the work around to stop the screen
from flashing so i can do what need to be done to solve this issue.

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:45 PM, M Bjornbak <
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> Question #158057 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/158057
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> M Bjornbak is still having a problem:
> *
> Thanks. My terminal gave the following reply:
> ----------------------------------
>
> mbh01@mbh-ZEPTO:~$ sudo lshw -C display
> [sudo] password for mbh01:
> *-display:0
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 2
> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
> version: 0c
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
> resources: irq:48 memory:f8000000-f80fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff
> ioport:1800(size=8)
> *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
> description: Display controller
> product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
> (secondary)
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 2.1
> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
> version: 0c
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> resources: memory:f8100000-f81fffff
> mbh01@mbh-ZEPTO:~$
> -------------------
>
> mbjornbak
>
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> 2011/5/18 actionparsnip <email address hidden>
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> > Your question #158057 on Ubuntu changed:
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> > actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
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> >
> > Thanks
> >
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no answer on the problem and i cannot clean my machine i will loose all important information.
helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Logoff then log into Gnome classic, is it ok?

Hello actionparsnip
Please be patient with an absolute novice. In my book we are back to square one.
What - in lays terms please- did the output from my terminal tell us?
How do I log into Gnome classic???
To reiterate. On my screen I see NOTHING but my old desktop photograph. When right clicking on the desktop, I am presented with 4 options:
Create folder
Create Launcher
Organise Desktop by Name
Change Desktop Background
When clicking on the last option a new window appears providing three items: Theme, Background & Fonts
In Theme I get the choice between Ambiance, Clear looks, Dust, etc. . BUT NO GNOME CLASSIC ??
Now what?
mbjornbak

If you have your computer set so that it logs in automatically (you don't have to provide a user and password before the desktop appears) then open a terminal (CTL+ALT+T) and run

gdmsetup

unlock the window that appears, change from login automatically to choose the user, and change to Ubuntu Classic as the default session. Restart, enter your password, and you should be back at your familiar desktop.

My thanks to Smitten
No, I havenot set my computer so that it logs in automatically. I log on with mbh01 followed by a password.
Anyway, I tried you advice.
Here is what the terminal gave of output:

mbh01@mbh-ZEPTO:~$ sudo gdmsetup
[sudo] password for mbh01:
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: init delay=30
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-classic-guest-restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program

** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: "/usr/share/xsessions/guest-restricted.desktop" is hidden or contains non-executable TryExec program

** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: Init default session found:'xsession'
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: Failed to identify the current session: Unable to lookup session information for process '1820'

** (gdmsetup:1820): WARNING **: Unable to find users: no seat-id found
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: explicitly skipping user: nobody
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: user icon changed
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: adding monitor for '/home/mbh01/.face'
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: Getting list of sessions for user 1000
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: Found 1 sessions for user mbh01
** (gdmsetup:1820): DEBUG: GdmUserManager: not adding session on other seat: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2
mbh01@mbh-ZEPTO:~$
I could NOT unlock the window that presented itself.
To me its more & more mysterious : Does it make any sense to you?
mbjornbak

THANK VERY MUCH. YOUR LAST INPUT SOLVED MY PROBLEM!!
Lesson learned___ always check the small print at the bottom of the contract or in this case the bottom of the login screen.
mbjornbak

Thanks Smitten, that solved my question.

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