I have an old 32-bit netbook and have been running Ubuntu since 2012. I currently run Ubuntu 16.04 LTR and have run update manager consistently. When I logged in today, my wallpaper came up but without the launch bar and without the top menu bar. I have tried everything I know of, including some of the older suggestions on this site. Despite being a long-time Ubuntu user, I am not code-savvy. I use the Unity interface for everything. Can you help?
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You could try to restart Unity, or reset Unity, whichever works best. – mikewhatever Jul 13 '19 at 21:17
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I think one of the other ideas will help better, but maybe try to click the escape key. My 19.04 opens up in full screen mode for some strange reason. – crip659 Jul 13 '19 at 23:06
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There's been a few posts lately of launcher disappearing. Most likely everyone suffered from the same update which introduced a bug. When you boot your computer choose from the grub menu "Advanced options for Ubuntu". From the submenu select the next oldest kernel version that works.
Other than that check these Q&As:
- Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
- Ubuntu 16.04 - Unity doesn't load - no Launcher or Dash appears
- No launcher and menu bar on ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu Menu and Launcher not showing after 2/16/2018 update
- Ubuntu 16.04 Unity does not load - icons and not displayed
Edit: July 15, 2019
After answer was accepted a comment was made how system worked in recovery mode. If that's the case try the solution in this answer:
Open a terminal and use:
rm -rf ~/.config/compiz-1/compizconfig/*
sudo reboot
When rebooting select the most recent kernel rather than the older recovery option.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "grub menu". When I boot the computer, I briefly see:
Change Boot Device Order and <F10)> BIOS Setup Options. – Chris M. Jul 14 '19 at 21:55 -
@ChrisM. See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/16042/how-to-get-to-the-grub-menu-at-boot-time – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jul 14 '19 at 22:36
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Got it! Many thanks. Of note, the buggy kernel was 4.4.0.154. In the grub menu, it showed three choices of my next oldest version: 4.4.0.151, 4.4.0.151 (upstart), and 4.4.0.151 (recovery mode). At first, I chose 4.4.0.151 but it did not bring up the launcher. Next I chose 4.4.0.151 (recovery mode) and it did bring up the launcher and menu bar. Thanks again! – Chris M. Jul 15 '19 at 18:01
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Booting in recovery mode is not an ideal method long term. It is probably due to broken advanced graphics that regular booting is broken. That problem should be fixed. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jul 15 '19 at 21:40
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@ChrisM. I've revised the answer. Please try out the edit and let me know if you can boot back into the regular kernel. I'd appreciate it. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jul 15 '19 at 22:42
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I entered the code above and then chose 4.4.0.151 (not 4.4.0.154, if that's what you meant by the most recent kernel) from the grub menu, and the launcher came up! I checked for system updates and there are currently none. Hopefully I will be able to update to future versions of the kernel that are not buggy. I appreciate you giving this your attention. – Chris M. Jul 16 '19 at 14:10
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The most recent would be too of main menu without going into submenu at all. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jul 16 '19 at 14:28