Ubuntu Unity 22.10 missing Launcher & Menus

[Tommy Trussell]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 7:54 AM Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...

Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
> >Sounds like a great idea, worth making a spare user, but, so if that
> >user works you have a fall back, but "maybe" still no idea what went
> >wromg with the normal user
>
> That can happen, but it gives you the peace of mind of knowing it's
> most likely a configuration issue that can be solved. You would then
> have a known-working user with directories and files that you can use
> in comparisons to try to figure out what went wrong.
>
> As an alternative to creating a new user, this page suggests renaming
> the ~/.config directory (to something like ~/.config_old or whatever):
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1946145.html
>
> ...

I've been reading this thread with interest, but a question for the
Original Poster, "Grizzly"...

Is this the same computer you were using recently that has a suspected bad
hard drive?

If so, did you change out the drive? Did you test the memory? You can use
Ubuntu's "Disks" utility to check the drive's SMART status. If it shows ANY
bad blocks, you probably want to replace it.

Many computers nowadays have a full set of diagnostics available from the
boot menu; it might be worth running some of those... AFTER making sure you
have a good backup of your important data.

I mention all this because although they seem quite reliable, once a hard
drive starts going bad it often causes all sorts of unpredictable problems.
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