[ubuntu-uk] Lost desktop not loading at startup

[Colin Law]

On 8 November 2011 14:46, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I have lost my desktop, it wont load when you start the laptop up. Its a
> lanovo 550 pentium 11.10 preinstalled.....I just had a freeze, restarted and
> the desktop went, I went into Ctrl+Alt+F2, and ran the command unity
>  ---resetand got the message 'Warning: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it
> to :0 unity-panel-service: no process found.......anybody know how I can get
> around that...

When you say the desktop is gone do you get the normal logon screen
and then the problem is after logon?
Do you mean the complete desktop is gone or just the launcher and
panel?  What exactly do you see on the screen?
What happens if you do Ctrl+Alt+T

Colin