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Mike Wentworth
Asked: 2013-09-17 12:19:48 +0800 CST

Compiz Makes Dock, and panel disappear [duplicate]

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I remember clicking something like "Disable Unity Desktop." As soon as I did that, the dock disappeared, and I cannot access the top panel (where I can click gear icon, volume, network, etc.) I enabled "Wobbly Desktops" and then something else, and I accidentally clicked the wrong button "Disable Unity Desktop. My desktop is all blank, how can I get back the dock and such?

compiz

2 Answers

  1. This has been asked numerous times, each with a different title.

    Follow these instructions (read all instructions first):

    1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log in.

    2. Execute these commands:

      export DISPLAY=:0
ccsm
    3. Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 (or Ctrl+Alt+F8 sometimes) to get back to the graphical display where there should be a CompizConfig Settings Manager window.
    4. Enable the 'Ubuntu Unity Plugin'
    5. Never disable this plugin again

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  2. You should be able to open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard. From there, you can reset Unity by entering in these commands, each followed by enter:

    dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
sudo reboot

    After hitting enter for the following command, you'll need to enter your password, then the computer will reboot. When you log back in, you should be back in Unity. The whole process will look something like this:

    How to Reset Unity

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