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[vick <weasalandme@xxxxxxxxx>]

>I update for kernel 3.1 and remove "nomodset" from grub but it's not clever > I lose my desktop :( : no deskbar, no icons, only the desktop image.
>I had installed synapse so I can launch applications, but I have no menu bar.
>Right click brings up the context menu but it disappears when mousing.
>I had installed xorg-edgers ppa ; is there a connecton ?


Do you get everything back if you add the nomodeset to Grub ( you can do that at boot time by hitting the e key to edit the grub lines )? If not then your problem is somewhere else. It's possible xorg-edgers pushed a newer version of xorg that requires different conf file or settings.