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I have a bootable usb stick that has Ubuntu 12.10 on it, so I loaded it onto my computer which is semi old because it was really full and ubuntu is nice software when it works. And all went well until I booted it up the first time and it said that the Compiz thing was missing and I looked that up on the internet and I must have typed 20 different codes into terminal, and nothing seemed to work. Can you please help? I dont know what to do anymore and the only thing I can do it open up terminal because nothing pops up on the screen. Thanks :)

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It sounds like you installed Ubuntu, rebooted, and now you can't get to a desktop. Is this true? – searchfgold6789 Jan 18 at 4:03
U can refer to this <askubuntu.com/questions/210962/…;. This solution had helped me a lot. – Prizzly Jan 18 at 10:46

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If you have recently installed Ubuntu and it no longer works, just reinstall it with your USB.

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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. – devav2 Jan 18 at 6:36
@devav2 The problem was: 1.- Someone recently tried and installed Ubuntu. 2.- This person seems to have a very basic knowledge of linux, since s/he refers to "codes" and the "Compiz thing". 3.- We don't know —and neither s/he— why there was no desktop in the first place. 4.- We don't know what did s/he typed in terminal (or cut & pasted). "20 different codes" can easily render the system unusable. 5.- It'd be highly difficult, as a consequence of (2) and (4) to fix the system as it is, and of (2) and (3) to discover the source of the initial problem. 6.- Because of (1) and (5), reinstall. – Ed Villegas Jan 18 at 14:23
I understand that. Since the OP is new to Ubuntu. It would be great you elaborate the steps. – devav2 Jan 18 at 15:19
You're right. Next time I will explicit the reasoning. – Ed Villegas Jan 18 at 17:21
Well Ive had ubuntu before, and i'm not dumb when it comes to computers. I actually know what i'm doing.. I just wasn't going to go find every single code i typed in from the dozens of websites i visited. I tried installing ubuntu twice on the same computer with and without encription and both times it popped up that compiz had stopped working. So should I keep installing from my bootable usb stick over and over again? is there anything i should do differently this time? thanks (: – user121134 Jan 19 at 3:25
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Run the following script in terminal to reconfigure unity. It might helps you.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure unity
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