Unity Dash and top toolbar won't open after updating to 12.10

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Today, I updated to Ubuntu 12.10. After re-starting, like the updater suggested, the toolbar on the top of the screen, and the dash won't load. I seem to be missing other features, as well, like alt>tab to switch windows, etc.

I am able to access the Terminal, by typing Ctrl>Alt>T, which is how I was bale to access Firefox.

How do I fix this problem?

Edit: 10/20/12

I resorted to completely re-installing Ubuntu. If someone finds a way to fix this problem without completely re-installing, please feel free to post it below.

Edit: 5:18 PM on 10/19/12

I am probably not the only one who has noticed this, but I just found out that Ubuntu works fine if booted into Gnome. The probalem seems to be with Unity, and people have been saying it's also a problem with ATI graphics cards.

I have tried many of the suggestions in the other threads that have been suggested, and nothing seems to work. Other idea's would be appreciated!

Edit: 2:10 PM on 10/19/12

As Chris Carter suggested, I'm including the results of the teminal command lspci here is my graphics card info:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780M/RS780MN [Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]

That is your processor, open a terminal and include the results of lspci in your question. — Chris Carter, Oct 19 '12 at 20:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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12.10 Unity GUI Not Displaying

the above url provide fixes for this depending the kind of cpu & gpu you are using for removing fglrx worked and restored the unity gui back !

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Oct 19 '12 at 22:19

MAnju

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Please refrain from posting two similar answers. Edit your original post to add details to it and remove the latter one. Thank you. – Peachy Oct 28 '12 at 06:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '12 at 13:18

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The exact same thing happened in my laptop, I have a discreet card, the Intel one that comes integrated with the processor and an nvidia card: GeForce GT520M Cuda 1GB. I too noticed that I could log into gnome just fine. I'll try removing any graphic card drivers (flgrx if it is there and the nvidia ones) and see if it takes off.

answered Nov 09 '12 at 13:18

Flatline

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Well, @MAnju 's answer did the trick, I installed bumblebee and it solved the problem! – Flatline Nov 09 '12 at 13:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

To be honest I am still trying to get my head around this myself.

I had the same problem after doing an upgrade myself and it appears that Ati have yet to add support for the latest x-server.

I myself ended up doing a clean install and although I now have a usable desktop it is not taking full advantage of the capabilities of my card. I have not attempted to install fglrx as I am sure it will break my system.

There are others asking questions like this e:g Radeon HD 2000, 3000, 4000 on Ubuntu 12.04.2 and higher: fglrx (legacy) unsupported, what to do?

There is probably a way to uninstall fglrx properly to get to a usable system that someone more learned than I can explain.

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 01 '12 at 17:59

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I had to remove the flgrx and any nvidia in mine before it fixed the problem. Removing just the flgrx didn't work for me.

edited Nov 01 '12 at 17:59

Kyle Macey

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answered Oct 21 '12 at 23:22

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Unity Dash and top toolbar won't open after updating to 12.10

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