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anjanesh
Asked: 2011-11-04 08:17:43 +0800 CST

No desktop icons after upgrade to 11.10

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I just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 and after restart it showed the login screen. After login, only the desktop background shows with ubuntu 11.10 text at the bottom-left corner. Did my GNOME stop working ? My mouse pointer moves though, so its not a system crash.

These are my h/w specs : Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64 • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 8MB cache 1066MHz Intel MoBo DG33 8GB DDR2 RAM @ 800MHz • 1GB 8600 GT nVidia Graphics Card • Dell SP2309W • LG Flatron L222WS

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5 Answers

  1. If you can, log in to Ubuntu (Unity) 2D, and run unity --reset, then try to login the regular session again. This should fix the problem.

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  2. I think my issue was related to Compiz settings, as I used to fine tune Compiz settings using CCSM in the past, and Unity being a Compiz plugin. In my case, renaming .config fixed the issue.

    1. Log out, press Ctr+Alt+F1 and log in to the command prompt
    2. Remove .compiz* directories in your home directory with "rm -fr .compiz*" command
    3. Rename .config directory with command "mv .config config_old"
    4. Log out using "exit" command
    5. Press Alt+F7 to return to GUI login screen
    6. Log in as normal
    7. Your desktop should now be back with default settings
    8. Copy over application settings files from config_old onto .config directory. Do not override any files.
    9. Re-arrange Unity panel items and configure keyboard if required using appropriate menus.

    Hope this helps.

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  3. I found out that one privative driver for NVIDIA wasn't active. You must activate it to display icons well (on any desktop) and to run unity desktop without other severe troubles.

    Actually, the driver replaces the usual driver i had. But it's named differently. I don't know in english, but it should be "acelerated graphics" or something like that.

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  4. I got this working using sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

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  5. Try resetting X:

    sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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