Missing Dash/Panel/Launcher

[Grizzly]

08 September 2018  at 20:00, Oliver Grawert wrote:
Re: Missing Dash/Panel/Launcher (at least in part)

>hi,
>Am Samstag, den 08.09.2018, 17:24 +0100 schrieb Grizzly via ubuntu-
>users:
>> 08 September 2018  at 14:49, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>> Re: Missing Dash/Panel/Launcher (at least in part)
>> 
>> > 
>> > hi,
>> > Am Samstag, den 08.09.2018, 13:43 +0100 schrieb Grizzly via ubuntu-
>> > users:
>> > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04
>> > > > sudo apt install xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04
>> > > > sudo reboot
>> > > Trying that now, it worked, should it survive an update / dist-
>> > > upgrade cycle?
>> > > 
>> > yes, indeed ...
>> It "was" working then I did do the update upgrade, and I'm back to
>> square one 
>> again
>> 
>
>is the new stack still in use after upgrade and reboot ?
>check the kernel version with:
>
>uname -a
>(it should be 4.15.xx)

4.15.0-33

>and the xorg version with:

>xdpyinfo |grep "X.Org version"

on the normal boot

unable to open display "".

on Advanced-Recovery Mode-Resume

X.Org version: 1.19.6  

>also, what exactly did get upgraded when you did the upgrade and were
>there any package removals ? 

a whole screen of stuff got upgraded not sure how much got removed