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    Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    Howdy. I played around with GRUB Customizer and when I rebooted, I can't load Unity anymore (not that that is so terrible) but I can load into Gnome Classic and Cinnamon desktops just fine.

    When I try Unity, all I get is the background and a mouse and I have to Ctrl+Alt+F1 to tell the system to reboot.

    I tried 'sudo apt-get install unity', but it just tells me everything is installed.

    Any ideas?
    Last edited by ooleyguy; February 18th, 2013 at 03:13 AM.

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    Re: Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    I had exactly the same problem this morning (no unity, no panels, just a mouse and background. I 'solved' the problem by opening a terminal (ctrl-alt-t still worked) and issuing command:
    Code:
    sudo unity --reset
    Still had some work to do after that, but at least the DE was back and running.

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    Re: Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    Hi ooleyguy,

    I have deleted your duplicate thread which was in Desktop Environments.

    Please refrain from posting duplicate threads. It is confusing, dilutes community effort (and your chances of getting help) and is against forum rules. Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of reasons a thread may be closed from the Code of Conduct:

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    Last edited by Bucky Ball; February 18th, 2013 at 03:39 AM.

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    Re: Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    Thank you, Bucky. I couldn't figure out how to delete that other post.

    Thanks, Ronin. I will try that. I did it in a terminal I got to with CTRL-ALT-F1, but it just gave me a load of errors there.

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    Re: Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    Quote Originally Posted by ooleyguy View Post
    Thank you, Bucky. I couldn't figure out how to delete that other post.
    You can't.

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    Re: Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    Hi

    This is a bit like buying a new wheel to fix a flat tyre but you could try going to tty1 (CTRL+ALT+F1) and running

    Code:
    sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-unity
    sudo apt-get install unity
    but proceed with caution as apt-get purge will completely remove all configuration files associated with unity.

    Hope this helps!

    Barry
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    Re: Can't boot into Unity Desktop (12.04.2 LTS)

    Thanks all. Apparently using sudo unity --reset resets the root's unity or God's unity or the great pumpkin's unity, or anyone's unity but mine. I left the sudo off and I got Unity back.

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