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Machine HP Pavilion dv5z-1200 Processor: AMD Turion X2 Dual Core RM-74 (which I believe is 64 bit) 3Gig Memory. Yesterday I flashed the BIOS to the latest as per HP.

I tried to install release 15.10-desktop-amd64, because I believe this is a 64 bit chip. Did not work, burned the image to USB stick booted the machine ran the install. No errors during install. Then re-booted the machine, just got a blank screen.. Next release I tried was 15.10-desktop-i386. Burned the image to USB stick, ran the install, the install seems to have gone well. Rebooted , logged in and then the machine processed a load of updates. After the updates the machine required a re-boot. After the re-boot logged-in , but no Desktop. Just a background/wallpaper. Poked around for posting related to this issue and found this: Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears. Follow the instructions and was able to run ccsm and was able to select/turn-on Ubuntu Unity plugin. But no change even after a re-boot.

What I need to get out of this exercise is a basic machine with PostgeSQL running, connected to my LAN and the internet. Web browser , Text editor and other basic development tools.

Your kind assistance is requested

KD

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It sounds like the ISO you downloaded was corrupted. Did you verify the checksum?

Also, are you using 15.10 for any specific reason? It is the bleeding-edge. I recommend using 14.0.4 as it is the most stable.

You'reAGitForNotUsingGit
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try this

dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

then

setsid unity

It should fix your issue. Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics hardware to enhance the usability and aesthetics of the desktop environment.

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