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Last night I was browsing the internet while I had VLC and a text document open, suddenly the screen jumped to VLC with the text document in front of it. The video was playable and the document editable but the I couldn't move the document or do anything else. I restart the computer and everything is normal until I log in then there is just the default wallpaper(I had changed the wallpaper) and that is it, no icons no nothing. Is there anything I can do or is reinstalling necessary. I was on Ubuntu 14.04 My other operating system is OS X 10.7.5

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  • Like your name here @Blank :) – Tim Apr 18 '15 at 20:07
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    possible duplicate of [Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears](http://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears) – JoKeR Apr 18 '15 at 20:13
  • you can check my workaround here http://askubuntu.com/questions/468204/no-panels-or-menus-after-upgrading-to-14-04/468431#468431 – JoKeR Apr 18 '15 at 20:15

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Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 to open tty. Here, run sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity ubuntu-desktop. After that finishes, run sudo dpkg --configure -a before rebooting.

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    @BlankDesktop Please click the Tick if this solved your to mark it as accepted! – Tim Apr 18 '15 at 21:50
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First, restart X with this command:

sudo -S restart lightdm

Sometimes this is a quick fix for running processes.

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  • Whenever I do this, I'm always left with a black screen and a blinking cursor; it doesn't work. – TheWanderer Apr 18 '15 at 20:09
  • @Zacharee1 I've been using this command like for years and it always works there's probably smth's wrong with your graphics configuration. Though this command basically useless to the OP. – JoKeR Apr 18 '15 at 20:18
  • @JoKeR I've used it on many computers and it's just never worked for me. I don't know. – TheWanderer Apr 18 '15 at 20:19
  • did you try it from terminal or a console? Sometimes it might make a difference I always run it from console. – JoKeR Apr 18 '15 at 20:21