[Solved] Lost Unity

[Jim Byrnes]

On 10/21/2011 03:17 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> unity --reset did not work, see my other message for the list of errors.
>> Since this is a test install in VBox with nothing important in it if I can't
>> easily fix it I will do the reinstall.  Just trying to find an easy way to
>> fix it if it happens in the future with something that matters.
>>
>> Thanks,  Jim
>
>
> 1. After you boot Ubuntu, do NOT login to the graphical login manager.
>
> 2. Change to another console, like the second one, by pressing the
> corresponding keys for VirtualBox (I think by default it is, *right*
> Ctrl-F2).
>
> 3. Log in with your username and password.
>
> 4. Type unity --reset.
>
> 5. Reboot.
>
> 6. Log in to graphical login manager.
>
> 7. Reboot.
>
>
> You are done. I have done this to my native Ubuntu 11.10 installation
> and it worked.
>


Turns out I shot myself in the foot. To get unity back I opened a 
terminal and typed ccsm to open the settings manager.  Than I noticed 
that Ubuntu Unity Plugin was NOT checked.  I checked it and Unity  came 
back.  I certainly did not uncheck it on purpose.  I must have dragged 
the mouse pointer across it without realizing what I had done.

Regards,  Jim