after installing ubuntu 12.10 the desktop does not display correctly

I've installed vmware player on my windows 7 in order to run ubuntu 12.10.. The ubuntu installation went well with no errors or display faults, but after restarting the vm at the end of the installation process i get the desktop with no visible sidebar or any menu bars at all.. They are active but the graphics is all black or corrupted.

please help. thank you!

Solution 1:

on vmware player Do "Edit virtual Machine settings" On "Hardware tab" go to "Display" Clear "Accelerate 3D graphics"

Solution 2:

I had the same issue... The installed version of the VMware Player on my host machine was 4, so i upgraded to 5. After that I checked the Accelerate 3D graphics option in the display settings of the virtual machine. Everything went fine from there.

Execute /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p and check if Unity 3D support is available.