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llamaboy
March 20th, 2013, 10:40 PM
HELP!
I am running 12.04 and have recently lost all my applications when I click the ubuntu symbol in the upper left hand side of the screen. I am not all that savvy, so I'm not sure how else to access them. I am able to look at recent documents and such, just no applications, and no terminal. I'm at a loss. I was able to access them until a few weeks ago.
usegnu
March 21st, 2013, 12:14 AM
Do the keys Alt+F2 still work?
You can try to go to settings, then "Main Menu" and make sure the sections you want are checked/enabled.
RobZ51
March 21st, 2013, 08:28 AM
If you need terminal you could try ctrl+alt+f1 Press ctrl+alt+f7 to get back to the default.
llamaboy
March 22nd, 2013, 09:53 PM
Yes, Alt+F2 still works, but Dash still pops up, but other than documents, there is nothing in there. One thing I forgot about as well, not sure if it's related, but Ubuntu Software Center freezes every single time I open it.
Krytarik
March 22nd, 2013, 10:08 PM
...Dash still pops up, but other than documents, there is nothing in there. One thing I forgot about as well, not sure if it's related, but Ubuntu Software Center freezes every single time I open it.
From my recent post here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2120921&p=12534505#post12534505

Try clearing Software Center's cache, it should fix both:

rm -rf ~/.cache/software-centerIf you wonder why the Unity Dash is affected by that too, please see here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11636422#post11636422).

Regards.
llamaboy
March 22nd, 2013, 10:24 PM
I found a similar thread, not sure what finally did the trick. I tried the code you offered and it didn't appear to do anything. Then I used:

unity --replace
This seemed to work for me. Anyways, everything now works. THANKS FOR THE HELP!!:popcorn:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1911109&page=2&p=11636422#post11636422
Krytarik
March 22nd, 2013, 10:53 PM
I tried the code you offered and it didn't appear to do anything. Then I used:

unity --replace

This seemed to work for me.
Yeah, restarting of Unity is indeed necessary (or at least of the daemon underlying the Applications Lens), or alternatively a relogin, to make the change affect the Dash.

Glad that it worked out.