18.04 Dock/Launcher Missing

[donblanco]

Booted up this morning and surprised to find my dock missing. Checked settings, fiddled with turning on/off the hiding option, changed screen resolution and scaling, etc. Nothing brings it back.

It *is* still there. The only menu option still showing on the desktop is Activities - clicking that, I can see the dock on the left and launch anything I want/need. Keyboard shortcuts all work as well.

I'm just not sure why the dock decided to disappear from the desktop! It's not a critical issue, but it's definitely annoying.

Last thing I installed was Thunderbird, I just can't imagine how/why that would have any relation to this issue. Also, haven't seen any similar issues here in the forum on 18.04. Halp!

[kerry_s]

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock

[donblanco]

Tried that and nothing installed. Rebooted and everything is fine. Maybe just a glitch?

[Frogs Hair]

Are you using any shell extensions not from the repository ?

[donblanco]

Are you using any shell extensions not from the repository ?

Not that I'm aware of. I've been pretty happy with the default Gnome environment and whatever default WM this is

[Frogs Hair]

Possible solutions here , but use with caution.

[deadflowr]

Post the output from this

dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock/

It should give us some insight into the current settings.

[donblanco]

Post the output from this

dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock/

It should give us some insight into the current settings.

[/]
dock-fixed=true
dock-position='LEFT'
dash-max-icon-size=48

[deadflowr]

Weird, I would think it should be more.
What does

cat /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_ubuntu-dock.gschema.override

show?
This should give you what the defaults should be.

Also, do you have any extra extensions installed?
Either through software center or from the extensions web site?

[rogueranga]

I have the same issue. I can reproduce it every morning when my PC starts. Its actually my HTPC and it is shutdown everynight remotely, then the power is turned off at the wall. I have the bios set to boot ubuntu when the power is applied to the box. I'm not sure if how it was shutdown or started would make a difference. I do not have any extensions and when i restart it, the dock comes back. Here is the output from the commands:

dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock/
[/]
dock-fixed=true
dock-position='LEFT'

cat /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_ubuntu-dock.gschema.override

[org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock]
dock-fixed=true
intellihide-mode='ALL_WINDOWS'
icon-size-fixed=true
custom-theme-shrink=true
custom-theme-customize-running-dots=true
running-indicator-style='DOTS'
custom-theme-running-dots-color='#e95420'
custom-theme-running-dots-border-color='#e95420'
extend-height=true
transparency-mode='ADAPTIVE'
scroll-action='switch-workspace'
click-action='previews'
shift-click-action='launch'
middle-click-action='launch'
shift-middle-click-action='minimize'