Lost desktop functionality in Natty

[NoOp]

On 06/01/2011 05:30 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> I installed Natty/Unity on my Thinkpad Edge shortly after it was 
> released. Since then I have been experimenting trying to find some 
> combination of settings that I feel comfortable using. Up until today I 
> hadn't done anything I couldn't reverse, but now I've managed to mess it 
> up pretty good.
> 
> I figured out how to make the icons on the Launcher smaller.  Then I 
> decided to enable the compiz cube and that's when the trouble started. I 
> followed the popup dialogs to disable the wall and enable the cube but 
> ended up with the bar at the top of the screen becoming visually 
> corrupted.  To the left it was just multicolored lines, in the center 
> was a small multicolored box and to the right it was opaque. I managed 
> to restart the computer.
> 
> When it finished booting all I saw was my desktop background, no 
> launcher and no bar at the top.  The only things that worked was F1 for 
> help, right-click on the desktop raised the popup about creating folders 
> etc and ctrl-alt-del popped up a menu to restart or shutdown. The 
> windows key, esc or touching the left edge with the mouse pointer all 
> would not work.

Does Alt-F2 work?
If so, you may be able to enter CCM or terminal to modify.