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I am running Ubuntu 14.10. Suddenly, my launcher and top menu bar went missing. I have rebooted but no success. I have done a unity --reset without resolving anything. The interesting thing is that I was using Chrome when I noticed it. I have tried ccsm, reinstalled unity, but nothing worked.

I tried to log in as guest and everything seems fine in there. The launcher is missing only from my account. I cannot even start a terminal with ctrl alt T. Can someone please help?

unxnut
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  • Can you please post a screenshot of what your screen looks like and also, can you access TTY1? (`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`F1`) Also, what GPU do you have? Is it a dedicated GPU or is it the AMD or Intel integrated graphics? – RPiAwesomeness Feb 16 '15 at 21:06
  • The screenshot just has all my document icons that I keep on desktop. Nothing to the left (launcher), nothing on top. I am running it on a laptop with integrated graphics. Yes, I can see TTY1 and I was able to start an xterm by setting 'DISPLAY=:0'. However, there is no toolbar on the xterm and so, I cannot move it or minimize it. – unxnut Feb 16 '15 at 21:21
  • Okay. What GPU do you have? – RPiAwesomeness Feb 16 '15 at 21:21
  • There is no separate GPU. And as I said, if I go in as Guest, everything seems to work fine. – unxnut Feb 16 '15 at 21:36
  • Please add the output of `lspci -v` to your question (for the GPU stuff, though I think it is configuration and not a graphics issue). [This](http://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears) question might help. – Wilf Feb 16 '15 at 21:54
  • I had already gone over that question. Did not help. Anyway, I have solved the issue by deleting the configuration files. Posting it separately as answer. – unxnut Feb 16 '15 at 22:14

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In desperation, I deleted all of .cache and .config and logged in again. Problem is solved. I'll never know what caused it but at least, I know of a very bad way to fix it.

unxnut
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  • Yeah, this is a common bug, the solution you used is one of the ones [listed here](http://askubuntu.com/a/481620/136381). I had the exact same issue. Sorry I never got back to you, I got busy :( – RPiAwesomeness Feb 17 '15 at 03:16