Revert to Unity

[alex549]

I tried install ubuntu-gnome-desktop, but want to go back to using Unity now. I selected Unity at login, but now my desktop is black, I cannot right click, and many of my programs are missing from the Unity search. I used "sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-gnome-desktop" to uninstall. Any thoughts? THanks

[X-RED_Tech]

You can try to reinstall ubuntu-desktop but I'm not sure if you need to remove some of what was installed before. Removing the metapackage won't probably remove nor undo what gnome desktop installed or changed.

[alex549]

I just tried and that didn't help. I guess I really messed up the desktop : /

[Frogs Hair]

Hello and Welcome !

If you still have terminal access try the following and reboot . If the terminal is missing you can execute the command from TTY by pressing F1.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

[alex549]

THanks for the tip! Pretty much everything is working, I see the side panel and what not, I just cannot interact with the desktop or change the photo. I suppose it's not a big deal.

[deadflowr]

Open a terminal and try this command:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

Unity has the file manager handle the desktop. Gnome does not.
The command resets it so that it does.
Hope it helps.

[alex549]

You're a hero! Thank you very much

[Rex Bouwense]

Open a terminal and try this command:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

Unity has the file manager handle the desktop. Gnome does not.
The command resets it so that it does.
Hope it helps.

Thank you. This saved us a lot of time. I learned something today so the day has not been wasted.