the answer is here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/31849/how-do-i-restart-unity
Press Alt + F2 and then run
unity. this will close and restart unity without affecting your settings - basically...
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the answer is here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/31849/how-do-i-restart-unity
Press Alt + F2 and then run
unity. this will close and restart unity without affecting your settings - basically...
I had the same problem, but it didn't solve automatically after restart.
However, manually installing the package "libxcursor1:i386" (sudo apt-get install libxcursor1:i386) did the trick
Skype is...
problem solved for me.
it appears that removing gdm while it was selected to be the default DM was actually the problem.
by installing gdm again, and then switching between kdm and gdm as...
same problem here. especially, it appeared after removing gdm, but I don't know if it's related or if it's instead some upgraded package that introduced the issue.