Unity 23.04 no Launcher, no Panel, no Ctrl-Alt-T

[Grizzly]

25 April 2023  at 6:11, Sorin Srbu via ubuntu-users wrote:
Re: Unity 23.04 no Launcher, no Pan (at least in part)

>On Tue, 2023-04-25 at 06:57 +0100, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>> Hi All
>> 
>> Fresh install of Unity 23.04, Minimal, Update, 3rd Party
>> 
>> After the install before doing anything else 
>> 
>> shutdown now -P
>> 
>> removed the Live USB I had installed from and booted up again when system 
>> restarted I copied my scripts, pictures & web page to my home folder
>> 
>> I then 
>> 
>> shutdown now -P
>> 
>> in the morning when I booted up again, entered my password I only got the
>> big 
>> purple lobster (wallpaper) no Launcher, no Panel, no Ctrl-Alt-T
>> 
>> I can Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or 2 thru 6) to get a terminal, I have been in this
>> position 
>> before (Unity 23.04 daily build) and searched for a cure but none worked,
>> I 
>> think many moons ago I also had it on 16.04 or 18.04 but then a one liner
>> with 
>> a Compiz string did the trick but things have moved on a lot since, I
>> don't 
>> want to make things worse or muddy the water
>> 
>> Is there a command that "may" point to the cause? and if so a way to get
>> the 
>> output to a place where I can access it to pass it on to wiser minds?
>> 
>> Of cause if one of you have had this and cured it
 
>This happens for me from time to time with 22.04.
>I keep a text file in the Desktop-folder accessible from a terminal (as
>stated above with ctrl-alt-f1) with the below contents.

>Before I fire up the big guns I give the DE and WM some time to start up on
>its own. If not, I use this:

I gave it ~3 hours (took dog dor walk)

><code>

>CLI-commands to restart crashed DE or WMs:

>KDE:
>killall plasmashell; kstart5 plasmashell

>Xorg:
>systemctl restart display-manager

></code>

I'll give that a go thanks, assume Unity uses Xorg?

>The DE restart command usually solves the problem.
>When logged on, subsequent restarts brings stuff up normally as expected.
>YMMV of course.

># They say you can't buy happiness, but you can buy a 
># motorcycle, and that's pretty damn close!

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