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i think i really need your assistance in this.I've installed ubuntu 10.10 and this mac theme and so far it works fine. This morning i upgraded to 11.04 and it also went well. i just realise some of the effects were gone. so i open compizconfig settings manager, i've tried to enable the destop cube and the expo and it prompted me of desabling somethings here and there.
honestly i went fast couldn't undo what i've done and i realize the new application launcher and the system bar weren't showing properly, so i decided to restart my machine.After that 'bummer', nothing were like before.no system bar, no application launcher, not menu bar for any of my applications not even for the console. How i'm going to solve this one this time.

thanks for reading this and specially for helping out.

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Macbuntu, according to its own site, is not compatible with Unity. After you downloaded it, you extracted it into a directory. If you've deleted that directory, re-download and re-extract.

  • Open a terminal, run cd /path/to/the/macbuntu/folder/
  • In that same terminal, run ./uninstall.sh

This should remove Macbuntu. If it does not, please read its README and/or contact the developer for support.

Now we need to fix Unity.

  • Go to the terminal and type gksu synaptic. You will be prompted for your password.
  • Type Unity in the quick filter bar.

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  • Right click on the Unity package (in the list in the middle of the window), and choose Mark for Reinstallation.

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  • Click the apply button, and wait for the changes to finish.

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  • Close Synaptic, and the terminal. You may need to log out and back in to see the changes.
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  • Hi thanks for the reply. the "./uninstall.sh force" command successfully uninstall Macbuntu, i've installed the unity but after a restart still system bar, and unity are not back :(
    – black sensei
    May 5, 2011 at 17:27
  • Could you try "unity --reset" from the command line?
    – Kevin
    May 5, 2011 at 17:34
  • hello it came but outputs this pastie.org/1868779 and it's seems like it's running from the console since it doesn't return the prompt
    – black sensei
    May 5, 2011 at 17:52
  • Press <Ctrl>+Z in the console, then type "bg" then "disown". Note that your window system might break when you press <Ctrl>+Z, so read the whole answer before you start!
    – Kevin
    May 5, 2011 at 17:54
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    You're probably good. I think the --reset flag caused it to fix your configuration. It should work.
    – Kevin
    May 5, 2011 at 18:12
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the same thing happened to me and i think i have your solution (or at least this is what work for me)

boot up in Ubuntu classic and go to system - administration - synaptic package manager remove anything that has to do with compiz (or anything that has compiz in the name)

now restart your computer and boot up in Ubuntu and press ctrl alt t and your terminal should come up type in this line sudo apt-get install compiz then press enter after that type in this line sudo apt-get install unity press enter then sudo apt-get upgrade unity

after its done restart your computer and boot in to ubuntu and bam everything is back

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  • when you did so, did you have the expo and the cube desktop working?
    – black sensei
    May 9, 2011 at 7:47
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It sounds to me like a compiz problem, though I may be wrong. Try pressing Alt+F2 to open the quick launcher. From here you can start programs, like the compiz settings manager. To do this, try typing "ccsm" into the launcher. There, you can turn off the cube again. Hope this works for you.

edit: If you can open the settings manager, you may want to turn off the Unity-Plugin, and then on again.

If you can't use Alt+F2, maybe you can log into a different session (Ubuntu Classic (no effects)) at login and correct it like this.

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  • Thanks for the reply.i still have the dock "docky" and i've turned off everything under desktop submenu and it still seems not working even after restart.
    – black sensei
    May 5, 2011 at 17:00
  • Just tried it myself, the cube seems to collide with desktop wall. Can you turn that and unity plugin on again? does it help?
    – woodfrog
    May 5, 2011 at 17:04
  • thank you for your time. Kevin's approach worked for me.thanks
    – black sensei
    May 9, 2011 at 7:54

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