[ubuntu-uk] Lost desktop not loading at startup

[Colin Law]

On 11 November 2011 08:30, Robert Flatters <robert.flatters at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

No need to download unity-2d to try it, unity-2d is already included with 11.10

> 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

Again there is no need to use that daily build ppa with Ubuntu 11.10
unless you want to get the latest bleeding edge updates (with risk of
bugs of course).

Colin