<div dir="auto">Try the following ...<div dir="auto">At the login prompt press Ctl-Alt F1</div><div dir="auto">Login with user and passwd</div><div dir="auto">Type</div><div dir="auto">sudo dpkg --configure -a</div><div dir="auto">sudo apt update</div><div dir="auto">sudo apt upgrade</div><div dir="auto">sudo apt install mate-desktop</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Try to login with mate</div><div dir="auto">Ctl-Alt F7<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Kind Regards<br>Benico van der Westhuizen<br><a href="mailto:benicovdw@gmail.com">benicovdw@gmail.com</a><br>082 963 1263</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 Mar 2018 19:46, "PietBeukes" <<a href="mailto:zabear1@gmail.com">zabear1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi everyone. THURSDAY - a real donderdag for me.<br>
</p>
<p><b>Re: Desktop problems after normal upgrade within 16.04</b></p>
<p>I did a normal upgrade today (when asked by Ubuntu 16.04 - some
14 or so topic names).</p>
<p>After starting up afterwards I got my normal Desktop with folders
and files, but with no borders or bars & no normal side bar
with the Gnome applications - just the desktop - very clean. I did
shut down and started again, same result. It starts normal all the
way through until I get the desktop (as usual) but then no
taskbars or menu bars or such at top/side/bottom.<br>
</p>
<p>So I'm helpless, cannot access mail, browser, whatever, cannot
log out even (top and bottom bars fell away).<br>
</p>
<p><font size="+1"><b>Do advise, please. What can I do? </b></font>-
don't know any coding and have not used command-line. If there is
something easy to do with the commandline, I can try. <br>
</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Piet - using Ubuntu (for normal human beings - not just for
geeks!).<br>
</p>
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