I have installed xfce on ubuntu 13.10, but now icons and colors in unity is strange. How to fix?
I wanted to install XUbunutu looks on my Ubuntu machine and I have done it like so:
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
But now when I have restarted the machine, I first got xUbuntu log-out scree. WHen I got back to the login screen, I got Xfce (xubuntu) login screen, and even I login to the unity, I have xfce icons set up and the colors of the menu. Like this
What I would like is to have a Ubuntu like login screen, and the ubuntu looks when I login to ubunty (unity) and not some mixed xfce-ubunty experience.
I have tried
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install unity
and
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
unity --reset-icons
But it didn't work.
Can someone help me how to return the original Ubuntu looks when I get to the login screen and when I login to unity UI ?
What seems to have happened is that XFCE have changed some settings on your system, as such, your Ubuntu looks the way it does. You're going to have to reset some of these settings back to their defaults by running a few commands.
Reset Icons
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'ubuntu-mono-dark'
Reset Theme
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Ambiance'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme 'Ambiance'
Reset Login Screen
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
The above will fix the looks of the unity. Next is the login screen.
Reset Login Screen
There are two options for this:
First:
Run these commands:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
Then choose your ubuntu option: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
And then run: sudo update-initramfs -u
Second:
Run in terminal:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
After running the second (or even the first option) you will probably NOT see the results just yet. As those scripts are not updating all necessary files, edit the lightdm.config
file (thanks to help of this post https://askubuntu.com/a/421322/223469):
sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
And change values to (previous value was probably xubuntu):
user-session=ubuntu
greeter-session=unity-greeter
Save and reset.
After those changes the login screen should appear.
All what is left to do is to return loading screen, but so far I haven't managed to do that, but will update once I find the solution