Unity problems - the revenge

[Seeyou]

So I've been running KDE for a while now, because experimenting with Gnome3 obliterated my Unity install. I came across an article on how to purge Gnome3 and reinstall Unity recently though, so I decided to try it. Everything went well - however when I log into Unity desktop - all I get is a background and a mouse cursor. Unity itself doesn't seem to launch. If I bring up a command prompt which was luckily bound to a shortcut, and manually launch unity with "unity" - it launches, after a delay. Is there any way to make it auto-launch on start?

 

[Dean]

try launch CCSM, and then select the Unity checkbox.

 

[Seeyou]

The "Ubuntu Unity Plugin" option under Desktop? It's already checked.

 

[Happy Camper]

Yoh Seeyou , log in to Ubuntu with username, before you put in your password look at the bottom and change the session from 'Ubuntu' to Ubuntu classic, enter password and log in normally. Once inside open up a terminal and type: sudo unity --replace

Then open up compiz manager, make sure you have the Unity plugin set to on. Also, disable the desktop cube if you have it on, it seems to cause issues when unity plugin is selected.Log off and then relog into 'Ubuntu' session as normal.

Good luck!

 

[Seeyou]

Tried that before, to no avail. But just in case it made a difference through Ubuntu classic, I tried it again - still no difference, Unity will not launch automatically. Also, Desktop cube was disabled already. I clicked Unity plugin off, and then on again, and amusingly, it told me that both Desktop Wall and Desktop Cube were requirements, and I would need to enable them. When I enabled Desktop Cube, it told me it couldn't run at the same time as Desktop Wall - would I like to Disable the wall. When I clicked yes, it said Unity could no longer run, would I like to disable Unity Marvellous stuff. In the end after a reboot, Unity and the Desktop Wall are enabled, but I still have to launch Unity manually from a terminal after logging in.

 

[AstroTurf]

try making a new username?

Also, I had strange behaviour till I did all the updates...

 

[Happy Camper]

try making a new username?

Also, I had strange behaviour till I did all the updates...

lol! I never thought of that!

 

[Seeyou]

How would that help? Surely this is a system issue, not something with the configuration, if --replace didn't work?

Also, everything is completely up to date.

 

[Happy Camper]

Try it bro, at this point it you have nothing to lose

 

[AstroTurf]

May just be an issue on that particular user name.

It will be easy enough to get all your documents and other goodies moved over to the new name anyway (if it works).

Worth a try I'd say (compared to my next suggestion, reload this is easy).

 

[Seeyou]

True, true. Here goes..

 

[Happy Camper]

If you have to reload (god forbid) you can still save your update downloads onto a cd (essentially creating a cd repository for yourself), then once reloaded you just add the cd to your repository sources. But lets hope astro's suggestion works out for you

 

[Seeyou]

Nope, same blank screen with the default wallpaper.

Is there not a way to somehow just "Refresh" / reinstall the core Unity components/packages without reinstalling the entire system from scratch?

 

[Happy Camper]

Restart pc and once grub loads arrow key down one into recovery mode. Once menu loads select 'boot normally'.

Enter user and password
sudo gdm stop (not sure if you need to do this just yet but try it anyway)
sudo unity --reset (not replace, my bad, sorry bout that!)
sudo unity --reset-icons
then ctrl alt del to restart or type sudo reboot

 

[AstroTurf]

Yea, use apt-on to make a cd if HC's idea does not work.

Sorry Unity is new so plenty experimenting for thousands of users to find the solutions to what may end up being common issues.

 

[Happy Camper]

Yea, use apt-on to make a cd if HC's idea does not work.

Sorry Unity is new so plenty experimenting for thousands of users to find the solutions to what may end up being common issues.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/create-backup-of-all-installed-packages-using-aptoncd-in-ubuntu.html (last resort)

 

[Seeyou]

No dice unfortunatey, and I don't have time to go through an entire reinstall right now. Guess I'll have to live with the ugly terminal log and loading it manually, or just go into KDE if I need to get into the system fast for now. Thanks for the help guys!

 

[Happy Camper]

Damn Astro, we fail! :wtf:

 

[AstroTurf]

Must...Try....Harder!

LOL, new distro this is bound to happen