All of a sudden, Unity is broken on Ubuntu 14.04. After the logging screen, I can see the desktop but there are no unity panel and no top taskbar.  I tried to boot in recovery mode but I can't access the menu by holding "shift" or "esc" from boot.  How can I repair Unity ?  Note : on guest session, Unity is working.
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When I login, nothing happens.   I am presented with my desktop wallpaper.    No Dash, no Launcher, nothing.
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I keep on experiencing weird bugs. These usually start after a few hours of use. Sometimes the dash starts opening under every open window (becomes only visible on desktop, but I still can search and open anything with the enter key while it's not visible). Also, there are other minor annoyances, such as random places (especially maximized Chrome, tabs area) after navigating between programs with alt+tab can't be clicked with the mouse. Switching back and forth fixes this.  I cannot use  compiz --replace   since after that, all of the app indicator icons are gone (only teamviewer stays). Skype, network, languages, sound (also keyboard sound up/down stops working) and date are gone. Restarting unity-panel-service does not help.  Any thoughts on how to resolve these?
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A few days ago, I accidentally replaced my desktop in Mint 18 with a virtual console with an errant keystroke.  Not having an obvious way to reverse the changes, I logged in and typed exit to exit the console and go back to the desktop.  Instead, the computer rebooted, and I lost God-only-knows-how-much unsaved work.   After showing the Mint logo and flashing a message underneath it far too quickly to read, the computer now boots only to a black screen.  By pressing esc during reboot, I can get to a Startup Menu.  I ran disk checks and memory checks using it, and they all came up clean.  None of the other options in this menu help.  I have no idea what to do.  The screen is clearly receiving power, and the black screen that it boots to shows a dash or underscore in the top right corner.  How do I get my computer back?  It's an HP Pavilion laptop.
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I am using Xubuntu 12.10 and would like to change the panel which is currently on the bootm to the top.  This is the opposite of what most people using Unity want to do.    I have done this in the past but have forgotten how and could not find the info easily this time. Cheers,
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I can’t get used to the new Unity system. I’d like to move the left Unity panel to the bottom of screen (like Windows 7 – more similar is better).  But I can't find a way. Is it possible?
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Since upgrading to 13.10, I can't log in to unity desktop. Light dm works correctly, but attempting to log in tries to start the session then drops back to light. I've already dropped to terminal (ctrl+alt+f2) and done this:  sudo apt-get update  sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop  sudo apt-get install unity   Logging in as a guest session also fails. Logging in to other window managers works with varying degrees of success.  Note: I have Cinnamon 2.0 installed from PPA.  I'm using a 2 monitor setup.  Also of note is that the session prior to my upgrade to 13.10 the background of unity failed to display at all, instead showing what was there in the screen buffer from the previous frame. The entire OS worked correctly otherwise though, so I just ignored it for the session. No other upgrades or even updates were done prior to this occurring.  My upgrade path to 13.10 was basically this: Install 13.04 alongside Windows 7, use ubuntu as a glorified web browser for a while, get updates (in preparation for 13.10), install 13.10.  I also used Unity Tweak Tool to change some aspects of unity, particularly auto-hide.  Any help or ideas would be appreciated, as I'm typing this on my phone :(
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I can only see my desktop pic upon login and that is because unity plugin isn't enabled.  I tried ccsm, but there is no way for me to apply changes so the unity plugin remains disabled. I also can't close windows because the bar at the top of each window is not there.
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that it will drop Unity 7 from Ubuntu 18.04 onwards, reverting back to the Gnome desktop environment. I know all the larger desktop environments quite well, Gnome, KDE and Xfce; however, Unity is the one I am more comfortable with and on which I I feel more productive.   I would therefore like to know if there any desktop environments forked from Unity 7 that could be installed on Ubuntu. I understand we are still one year away from the shift, but it is never too early to test the alternatives and eventually choose a project to contribute to.
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Is there an easy way to create a desktop shortcut for an application in Unity? The ability to right click or drag and drop icons to the desktop in Unity does not seem to be there.
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When the bootloader (GRUB) is broken, I cannot access neither Ubuntu nor Windows.  I heard that an easy solution to fix this is to use the Boot-Repair tool from an Ubuntu liveCD (or liveUSB).  What are the steps to do this?
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I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and at first when I go to check the system information I used to have (unknown) on the graphic card section, I used the synaptic manager and downloaded the fglrx, after that I restarted my laptop and now I don't have any menus, all of them are gone.  Now I am only using the keyboard shortcuts to use Ubuntu. My graphic card is AMD ATI.  What can I do to bring the menus back?
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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on an IBM ThnkPad T42.  I just installed Gnome and Cinnamon but I am still using Unity.  The only problem is that in dash when I search for any application they don't appear.  I don't see recent applications either.  I fixed it by running unity --reset but the next time I turned on my computer it was broken again
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I tried to install "Macbuntu" which is not compatible with 13.04 and I don't know why? But I used force option on command line nothing changed so I uninstalled "macbuntu". Now the problem is that the top menu just disappeared. For example when I'm using sublime_text or Chrome there is no menu option (File, Edit, etc..) on the panel. I tried using unity --reset-icons option but it didn't work. Any help will be appreciated.
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In Ubuntu 14.04, The title bar of my application goes under the main title bar of Unity.  In the image below, the selected window is of Download Manager, but its title bar is hidden under unity's top title bar.    I find this issue occurring with web apps and standalone apps.  Ideally it should look like this:
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After I update my ubutu to 16.04, I got a problem with Unity launcher. Whenever I open an application which is not listed in launcher, it will take the third position instead of last position. Has anyone the same problem?
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Using blender 2.80 stable on Linux with openbox / nvidia. Once in a sudden the top menu with all my workspace was gone. Restarting blender does not help. Blender without the related file shows the menu. As soon the file is loaded it is gone. How can I get it back?
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I have recently upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu 16.04. I had one problem with it before, which was that the Unity Launcher and status bar were missing. I solved this with . However, when I try to suspend my machine, the following occurs: The hard drive will save the last bits of data and will turn itself off. But the thing is: the computer itself is still turned on. This means I am stuck with no screen input, and it forces me to push the reset button on my computer case, as I can't take control of my pc anymore.  Can anyone help me with this?