How to enable Unity again?
After installing Ubuntu 14.04, I installed compizconfig-settings-manager. Then I made a mistake and disabled the Unity plugin. After that, Unity (the dash and panel ...) are gone.
I can't even run the terminal now.
What should I do? How can I restore or reset it?
Solved!
I had a link to home folder on my desktop. So I opened it and I went to /usr/bin/ from location bar. Then I started gnome-terminal.
In terminal I opened ccsm (compiz config manager) and enabled Unity Plugin again.
And now it works normally!!
What an awful weakness this is for a desktop OS, isn't it?
Shouldn't it have a default thing for these situations to run (automatically)?
To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal window if it didn't work restart and press Ctrl+i when ubuntu is loading and from there do this steps. When it opens, run below command to reset Unity and Compiz settings:
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
After running the previous command, you need to run blow command to restart Unity.
setsid unity
reset unity
To get back the default set of Unity Launcher icons, run below command and then log out and back in.
unity --reset-icons
If you want to restore default icon theme, use Unity Tweak Tool which is available in Ubuntu Software Center.
- I've sshed from my host into ubuntu running via vmware.
- Changed directory to ~/Desktop. Made ln -s ~/ to create symbolic link for home folder.
- Then I've opened folder, found terminal application. Started ccsm and turned on plugin again.