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I have been using ubuntu for quite sometime now and haven't ever faced this situation. All my icons are missing including the terminal. ctrl+Alt+T does not bring up the terminal, right clicking does not show any dropdown either. Most of the answers that I found were wrt to unity and cases where terminal was present. I am using ubuntu 16.04

Any solutions as to how this can be fixed are most welcomed.

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  • I am not aware of that. Is there a way to check? – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 04:49
  • So no not using CCSM. Can you think of anything else? – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 05:35
  • Is the screen completely blank or is the dash bar at the top and the launcher on the left still there? – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 05:53
  • Yes, blank screen. No launcher on the left. – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 05:55
  • Okay, you can get to a terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+F2 or CTRL+ALT+F1. Then, sign in with your username and password so you can run commands. Then, see the following answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/1007213/167115 Please let me know if this does not work. – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 06:19
  • Unity is a Compiz plugin. You may need to install compizconfig-settings-manager but this package is in the Universe repository so you may need to enable this repository. I can help you with this so please let me know if you have any trouble. – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 06:32
  • Terminal not coming up by using either of the above mentioned commands. – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 06:38
  • It should take you to a new black screen with a login prompt. Try CTRL+ALT+F3 or CTRL+ALT+F4 Type in your username and then press ENTER and then type in your password and then press ENTER. – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 06:39
  • Yeah that worked out. Now I should follow up on https://askubuntu.com/questions/1007026/ubuntu-menu-and-launcher-not-showing-after-2-16-2018-update/1007213#1007213 ? – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 06:44
  • @mchid followed up on the link, but the problem persists. – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 06:53
  • Okay, try this answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/286349/167115 – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 06:58
  • Also, this might fix the problem: sudo rm ~/.Xauthority – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 07:26
  • Following up on https://askubuntu.com/a/286349/167115 it returns error: could not connect ubuntu connectionissues. Tried sudo systemctl restart network-manager is not working to fix the connection issue. – Random user Jul 09 '19 at 08:15
  • This may be a failure to connect to the x-session. Try running export DISPLAY=:0 before you run dconf reset -f /org/compiz/ and unity --reset-icons &disown and then, run: sudo systemctl restart lightdm This should take you back to your regular login screen. – mchid Jul 09 '19 at 09:38

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