I had Ubuntu 16.04 but was stupid enough to upgrade to 17.04 and then 17.10.
In 16.04 I used Unity together with gnome panels. Not gnome shell but gnome panels. After the upgrade Ubuntu had switched to Gnome desktop. But gnome-panels would not start. Since Unity was still there, I tried to log in using Unity. That worked, but the desktop keeps reloading and reloading endlessly.
My questions:
- How can I stop this endless reloading?
- Is there a way to run gnome-panels with Gnome 3 (the new default desktop in Ubuntu)?
It doesn't tell me much, but the output of
lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
is:
bjorn@bjorn-lifebook-u:~$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0
)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Mobile GM965/GL960 Integ
rated Graphics Controller (primary)
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915, intelfb
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/
L960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 03)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. Mobile GM965/GL960 Integ
rated Graphics Controller (secondary)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Famil
y) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited. 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller