[ubuntu-uk] unity doesn't load after kernel update?

[Alan Lord]

Anyone else seen this?

On my laptop I updated yesterday but didn't restart until this morning. 
When I login I don't get any launcher or top bar on the display?

Linux hrun 3.16.0-25-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 4 12:06:54 UTC 2014 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thankfully, because this has happened several times before I have 
installed the gnome fallback.

Seems like someone else is having a similar issue:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/553624/unity-gone-after-upgrading-14-10-to-latest-3-16-kernel

It's got no special GPU - Just a built in Intel

alord at hrun:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller 
(rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 
USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 
High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI 
Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI 
Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI 
Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 
USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC 
Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 
port SATA IDE Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus 
Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 2 
port SATA IDE Controller (rev 06)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network 
Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E 
Fast Ethernet Controller
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath 
Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath 
Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core Processor QPI 
Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core Processor 
Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core Processor 
Reserved (rev 02)