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Weird Ubuntu problem

Kristian Oct 31, 2020

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Recently I convinced my mom to get a new PC since hers was getting old. Subsequently I installed Ubuntu on her old computer. Sadly I don't remember the soecs at all, other than the fact that it is 5 to 7, year old Samsung laptop, with some weak Nvidia GPU, some Core i5 and a 1TB HDD. However I ran unto some major problems after chsnging sime setting I forgot the name of. I hope somebody here can help me. Here is a video of the problems: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xo3ZCCdLoFrdf9C9xkV7YbxWDeBQzaht/view?usp=drivesdk

Any help would be very welcome. I am in desperate need of this computer.

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Kristian on 31 October 2020 at 10:29 pm UTC

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whizse Oct 31, 2020

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It seems to be stuck in activities mode? Pressing Alt-F2 and "r" for restart will probably help temporary.

If it's similar to what's discussed in the links below it might be caused by enabling icons on the desktop, some extension, or applications like Conky.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1273296/getting-stuck-on-a-glitch-that-looks-like-a-combo-of-show-applications-and-the-a
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/1633

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Kristian Oct 31, 2020

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Quoting: whizseIt seems to be stuck in activities mode? Pressing Alt-F2 and "r" for restart will probably help temporary.

If it's similar to what's discussed in the links below it might be caused by enabling icons on the desktop, some extension, or applications like Conky.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1273296/getting-stuck-on-a-glitch-that-looks-like-a-combo-of-show-applications-and-the-a
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/1633

Thank you, thank you , thank you, thank you!

That worked. Atleast for now.

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whizse Nov 1, 2020

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I would have responded sooner but I was convinced it was Halloween prank with a jumpscare in the middle of the video!

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