[ubuntu-uk] Lost desktop not loading at startup

[Robert Flatters]

Hi,
I have beeb reading your post regarding not beeb able to get any apps or
file bar on the screen, you might want to try the 2d unity options as i had
the same problem when i upgraded, after doing a bit of digging i found in
some cases the graphics card was not supports for 11.10 and that a download
of the 2d unitty was needed. Once i down loaded it i rebooted and at the
log in screen there is an option button, pressing that shows a list of
login types with the option for unity 2d. on selecting that and logging in
i found my apps showed again.

see link to Ubuntu weboage for unity

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/unity-2d-qt-now-available-in-ppa-for.html

Let me know how you get on.

Kind Regards

Bob

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:15 PM, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 08/11/11 15:05, Colin Law wrote:
>
>> On 8 November 2011 14:46, scoundrel50a<scoundrel50a@**gmail.com<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
>
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