I've been dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 10 for a while now and I used Ubuntu a bit for programming and Windows 10 for gaming and stuff. Now whenever I boot into linux there's no GUI. I can't start an application, I can't go into settings because there was no bar at the top. So basically I'm screwed. Does anyone know what to do?
P.S. I don't know my version of Ubuntu, but I think I have 14.04.3 LTS
Did you uninstall anything?
go to a tty by doing ctrl+alt+f3
log in with normal information
then do this below which will install everything needed for the unity desktop.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktopI'd recommend as Urworstnit3m3r suggested go into tty ctrl+alt+f1 from there look at the syslog or dmesg and see if you see an error. If you don't try killing unity's process and starting it again. I'd also recommend not running unity and try installing xubuntu-desktop aka xfce.
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Question: Did you switch from amd to nvidia or vice versa
I had a similar issue but as it turns out I had uninstalled my desktop unawares. log into a terminal and check if Unity is running? Maybe do as @Urworstnit3m3r mentioned.
I tried sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and it didn't work.
Hey MryDoodle,
1stly you should need to reinstalling anythings, becuase you DE is already installed. That is unless you did somehting like apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop. I think that you would remember doing that.
Have you checked the logs ?
I don't use Ubuntu (it does things bit different to rest of Linux) myself but sounds like you have a config or driver issue that is stopping you DE (unity) loading. If may have been caused by an update may to you gfx card driver or somethings. Can I guess that you have an AMD gfx card ? .
Normally I would check the logs if /var first. I am currently on a windows machine and can't remember the exact file name and maybe ubuntu uses something different (but prob not).You should seen a file called somthing like X.org in there you can read the whole thing if you ilke you are looking for errors. But I typical do is
$ cat /var/log/X.org | grep EEOk Next Option is,
solution is half what you have already done, but it asks you to remove the relevant packages and then re-install.
http://itsfoss.com/how-to-fix-no-unity-no-launcher-no-dash-in-ubuntu-12-10-quick-tip/DE is fine my you launcher is fucked for some reason.
becuase the xorg file prefixes all error with EE. This should let if there is not working or misconfigured. If not jump on to Ubuntu IRC to if there is someone there that can help you straightaway.
Good luck and Keep us posted
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