[ubuntu-uk] Lost desktop not loading at startup

[scoundrel50a]

On 08/11/11 15:05, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
>
Hi, thanks for your reply.....well I get a log in screen, I get the 
music, then the background picture appears, and then nothing else.....I 
tried that Ctrl+Alt+T and the terminal appeared......

John