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Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
What I did:
In a fresh setup of 11.10, I used compizconfig-settings-manager
as explained in this question to change the icon size of the Unity launcher.
What happened:
As soon as I did this, the application froze and the launcher disappeared. I thought, well, maybe Unity crashed, so I logged out with Ctrl-Alt-Del, and logged in again.
Unity still does not appear anymore. I am just left with my desktop background and Nautilus running. I can open a new Nautilus window, and browse my file system, but that's about it.
What works:
I can log into Unity 2D, only the "normal" Unity does not work.
So, how do I get Unity back? Is there any way to reset the configuration, or look for some more detailed error messages?
What I already tried:
- Starting a Terminal and running
unity --reset
. It's stuck at "Initializing session options … done", and nothing else happens. - Starting a Terminal and running
unity --replace
. Same as above. - From the 2D mode, calling
unity --replace
or-- reset
. It hangs after "Starting unity-window-decorator", and if I abort the process, my keyboard input is disabled.