Lost Unity

[Jim Byrnes]

On 10/21/2011 01:59 PM, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On Fri 21 Oct 2011 20:46:31 SAST, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I have 11.10 installed in VirtualBox (on 10.04) and it had been
>> working well. Today I installed the Compiz settings manager. I then
>> started going through all the settings just to see what was available.
>> The only thing I knowingly changed was the width of the launcher. I
>> set the slider to its minimum.
>>
>> At some time while I was paging through the various settings the
>> launcher disappeared. I just thought that it was hidden, but after
>> closing the setting manage I could not get it to reappear. In fact my
>> desktop is displaying nothing except its background and and a grey
>> menu bar at the top with File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help on it. The
>> menu items work and right-clicking on the desktop shows up the normal
>> popup. If I start typing a text box opens in the lower right hand
>> corner but hitting enter just closes the window. The esc and windows
>> keys do nothing.
>>
>> Any idea on how to get a working desktop back, short of reinstalling?
>>
>> Thanks, Jim
>>
>>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> To restore the default unity settings, you can open a terminal and type
> unity --reset.
>

Bruce,

I didn't think I could get to a terminal, but Ctrl-alt-T worked, not 
much else would. This is what I get when doing unity --reset.

jfb at Ubuntu11:~$ unity --reset
unity-panel-service: no process found
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
Backend     : gconf
Integration : true
Profile     : default
Adding plugins
Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade
Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.02.upgrade
Initializing core options...done
Initializing bailer options...done
Initializing detection options...done
Initializing composite options...done
OpenGL Warning: No pincher, please call crStateSetCurrentPointers() in 
your SPU
Initializing opengl options...done
OpenGL Info: Using XSHM for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing mousepoll options...done
Initializing vpswitch options...done
Initializing animation options...done
Initializing snap options...done
compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture
Initializing expo options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing grid options...done
Initializing gnomecompat options...done
Initializing wall options...done
Initializing ezoom options...done
Initializing workarounds options...done
Initializing staticswitcher options...[ERROR]: Option "next_button" 
already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_all_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_all_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_all_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_all_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_group_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_group_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_group_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_group_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_no_popup_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_no_popup_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_no_popup_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_no_popup_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_panel_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "next_panel_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_panel_button" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "prev_panel_key" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "speed" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "timestep" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "window_match" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "minimized" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "auto_change_vp" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "popup_delay" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "mouse_select" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "saturation" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "brightness" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "opacity" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "icon" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "icon_only" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "mipmap" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "row_align" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "focus_on_switch" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "bring_to_front" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "highlight_mode" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "highlight_rect_hidden" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "highlight_color" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "highlight_border_color" already defined
[ERROR]: Option "highlight_border_inlay_color" already defined
done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing scale options...done
Initializing session options...done

At this point the terminal hangs.  If I close it I am told there is 
still a process running.

Thanks,  Jim