Dash, Launcher, Everything disappeared after messing with ccsm

**vj41** · May 18th, 2012

I tried some tweaking with ccsm which worked just fine just until the recent reboot. After that, everything disappeared. I can only see my desktop and mouse. i was able to access terminal so i tried to bring ccsm to default settings again but that didn't work either. I tried other solutions like enabling the plugin but its already enabled. Also tried the,
sudo unity --reset
That didn't work either. And also, now i see a cross over major folders like root etc.?
What just happened to my ubuntu??

**mcduck** · May 18th, 2012

Originally Posted by vj41

I tried some tweaking with ccsm which worked just fine just until the recent reboot. After that, everything disappeared. I can only see my desktop and mouse. i was able to access terminal so i tried to bring ccsm to default settings again but that didn't work either. I tried other solutions like enabling the plugin but its already enabled. Also tried the,
sudo unity --reset
That didn't work either. And also, now i see a cross over major folders like root etc.?
What just happened to my ubuntu??

just run "unity --reset" and it will reset the Compiz settings back to a working setup.

(Don't use sudo here, that would reset the Compiz/Unity settings for root user, not your own user.)

edit: The /root directory is by default inaccessible for any other user than the root itself. SO that's normal. Same goes for /Lost+Found. If you see crosses over some other of the default directories you might want to tell us which ones.