[Bug 1762021] [NEW] Unity desktop icons and launcher disappeared. Must run Cinnamon in order to function

[Tom Oglesby]

Public bug reported:

Icons disappeared after update (sorry, not sure which one in January/February).
Ctrl Alt T does not open terminal, right click does not offer open terminal option in Firefox.  Also I cannot open System,

I can do so with Cinnamon running.

You may want to disregard this, and I'll plug along until a fix
magically appears in a future update.  Cinnamon works ok.

Or I can launch Cinnamon and provide you with more info, if that would
help

Tom

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr  7 12:08:03 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-18 (263 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade xenial

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Title:
  Unity desktop icons and launcher disappeared.  Must run Cinnamon in
  order to function

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Icons disappeared after update (sorry, not sure which one in January/February).
  Ctrl Alt T does not open terminal, right click does not offer open terminal option in Firefox.  Also I cannot open System,

  I can do so with Cinnamon running.

  You may want to disregard this, and I'll plug along until a fix
  magically appears in a future update.  Cinnamon works ok.

  Or I can launch Cinnamon and provide you with more info, if that would
  help

  Tom

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.24
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Apr  7 12:08:03 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-18 (263 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  JournalErrors:
   Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
         Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
         turn off this notice.
   No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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