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I'm not sure what has recently changed for this to happen, but at the moment I can't open Terminal or the Nautilus file manager. Xterm was suggested on another forum as a way of checking some fixes, but when I try that, I get 'command not found'.

What's going on?! Thanks.

EDIT: I think this may be because of a Chrome Remote Desktop installation, however I can't find how to uninstall it and reset the configs. My sound is also outputting as Unix FIFO sink/...

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  • What about Ctrl + alt + f1?
    – rviertel
    Sep 11, 2018 at 19:22
  • Seems like xterm is not installed. When you click on the activities button and type "xterm", there should be a button appearing on which you can click in order to install xterm via the Ubuntu Software Center.
    – Stefan Hamcke
    Sep 11, 2018 at 19:26
  • @StefanHamcke this worked, and I was able to uninstall Chrome Remote Desktop, which fixed everything. Thank you!
    – jimroot
    Sep 11, 2018 at 21:12

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As mentioned by the OP, XTerm serves as an alternative to the Gnome Terminal. If missing, it can be installed via Ubuntu Software by opening the Activities window (click the Activities button or press Super), typing xterm, and then clicking on the corresponding entry under Ubuntu Software.

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Removed ChromeRemoteDesktop and restarted. Everything is working fine now. Terminal, Nautilus, opening files and sound, which were not working before, have returned to the working state. I had been planning to installing Ubuntu 16.04 again, but thanks to this fix I saved myself the trouble of downgrading.

sudo apt remove --purge chrome-remote-desktop
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