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Niklas
Asked: 2014-06-05 12:38:07 +0800 CST

Ubuntu Desktop does not load [duplicate]

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If I login on my Ubuntu 14.04, I get the following desktop:Desktop

This weird behavior appeared after I executed sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade and restarted my computer. Don't know why though.

To my Ubuntu I have tried the following (nothing seems to work so far)

Fix any broken packages:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

Locate any broken packages and reinstall them:

sudo apt-get install debsums
sudo apt-get clean
sudo debsums_init
sudo debsums -cs
sudo apt-get install --reinstall $(sudo dpkg -S $(sudo debsums -c) | cut -d : -f 1 | sort -u)

Removing some compiz files:

rm -r ~/.cache/compizconfig-1
rm -r ~/.compiz

Purging of NVIDIA and installing NVIDIA-prime:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install unity
sudo apt-get purge nvidia* bumblebee*
sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime
sudo shutdown -r now

Compizconfig Settings Manager:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

export DISPLAY=:0
ccsm

// Back to UI and enablement of Unity Plugin

Unity replace, which stopped at a while and did nothing afterwards

unity --replace

Some dconf reset

dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
unity --reset-icons &disown

Actually dconf did not work and I got this error:

error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY

Can anybody help me on that?

This is my hardware (hope it helps in any way):

  • Intel® Core™ i7-3770
  • ASUS GTX660TI-DC2-OG-2GD5 (NVIDIA driver is/was installed)
  • ASUS P8Z77-V LX
  • Corsair DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit
  • Samsung 830series 2,5" 256 GB (Windows is installed here)
  • Seagate ST31000524AS 1 TB (3/4 are reserved for files; 1/4 is for Ubuntu (16GB swap included))
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5 Answers

  1. I have had the exact same problem since yesterday as well. To fix it I had to install gnome-panel then run unity reset through unity tweak tools.

    1. Switch to a virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in and run the following commands:

      sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
sudo mv ~/.Xauthority ~/.Xauthority.backup

    2. Reboot and select gnome on login.

    3. Once logged in open a terminal (e. g. with Ctrl+T) and run:

      sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity

    4. Log out and log in again using Unity this time and that fixed it for me.

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  2. I couldn't do this because i couldn't enter the terminal. So i do this: Enter Ctrl+Alt+F1

    $ sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
$ sudo mv ~/.Xauthority ~/.Xauthority.backup

    Reboot and select gnome login instead of ubuntu default before writing your password to login. once logged in open a terminal Ctrl + T

    $ dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
$ setsid unity

    Reboot again

    After that I could enter in ubuntu default login normally

    Links: Ubuntu Desktop does not load http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/04/reset-unity-and-compiz-settings-in-ubuntu-14-04/

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  3. chown -R <your user>:<your group> ~/.dbus

    from GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running?! How to reinstall or fix?

    was useful to me in case of the "Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY" error

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  4. Few minutes ago had this problem. Fix this too easy)) Just check your unity unity and terminal said you some like You have not unity, install it. Do that: sudo apt-get install unity and after installing write unity again. Desktop will be laucnhed.

    P.S. Sorry for my bad english))

    P.P.S.If Ctrl + Alt + T doesnt work press CTRL + ALT + F1

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  5. I too had this issue. Reinstalling the NVIDIA driver fixed my problem. But first install the dkms package and then reinstall the NVIDIA driver. So no need to recompile the NVIDIA modules for the latest kernel everytime you update it.

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