[SOLVED] Lost desktop functionality in Natty

[Jim Byrnes]

On 06/02/2011 03:18 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:

Forgot to put SOLVED in the subject of my original reply.

> On 06/02/2011 02:04 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
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>> On 2 Jun 2011, at 01:30, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> Has anyone been able to recover from a situation like this?
>>
>> Switch to a console with alt+f1 then issue the command "unity --reset"
>>
>> Al.
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>
> alt+f1 would not work, but using Tony's login screen advice I went to
> the console and issued the "unity --reset" command and restarted and now
> see the launcher. At first I didn't think it would work as I saw many
> error msgs and it hung and never gave me the prompt back, but all seems
> to be well now.
>
> Thanks, Jim
>