Unity broken after changing few compiz settings, fresh 11.10 install [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
What I did:
In a fresh setup of 11.10, I used compizconfig-settings-manager
as explained in this question to change the icon size of the Unity launcher.
What happened:
As soon as I did this, the application froze and the launcher disappeared. I thought, well, maybe Unity crashed, so I logged out with Ctrl-Alt-Del, and logged in again.
Unity still does not appear anymore. I am just left with my desktop background and Nautilus running. I can open a new Nautilus window, and browse my file system, but that's about it.
What works:
I can log into Unity 2D, only the "normal" Unity does not work.
So, how do I get Unity back? Is there any way to reset the configuration, or look for some more detailed error messages?
What I already tried:
- Starting a Terminal and running
unity --reset
. It's stuck at "Initializing session options … done", and nothing else happens. - Starting a Terminal and running
unity --replace
. Same as above. - From the 2D mode, calling
unity --replace
or-- reset
. It hangs after "Starting unity-window-decorator", and if I abort the process, my keyboard input is disabled.
I'm pretty sure I had the same problem as you.
What I did to fix it was open a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), type ccsm
in the Terminal and then enabled the Ubuntu Unity plugin and it now works again.
- Warning: What are some of the issues with CCSM and why would I want to avoid it?
I had the same problem but none of the solutions explained here works.
Here is how I solved my Unity launcher problem:
- Open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T
- Open the
compizconfig-settings-manager
with this command :ccsm
(if it's not installed, usesudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
) - Click on the category: Desktop
- Marked Ubuntu Unity Plugin and answer to all the conflict key you may have
- Unity Launcher is back!