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Wanted to make some window-behavior settings regarding Alt+Tab-cycling. Then after wanted to set the default behavior back. Then the entire desktop lost the unity launcher and all window-menu bars. After restart nothing changed.

If I login with an alternative user, unity seems to work fine.

Tried some solution proposals like Compiz crashes using Ubuntu Classic and Unity and then - after failing - I've reinstalled:

sudo apt-get remove compiz (no changes)

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install unity (no changes)

sudo install compiz (no changes)

If sudo metacity --replace is used. Following error returns:

Window manager error: Unable to open X display

Any suggestions?


FYI - I'm not a proficient user - the uninstall/reinstalls were suggested in different forums.

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You've probably moved on. But since this comes up in a search, this worked for me:

rm -rf ~/.config/compiz-1/*

Might want to back up first.

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  • Thank you! Sorry I've moved away towards Debian. So I cannot confirm your answer. I've uprated it anyway.
    – alex
    Sep 24, 2016 at 20:35

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