No Desktop - 13.04

Asked May 29 '13 at 19:53

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Before I start. I am kind of new to Ubuntu.

I upgrade to 13.04 and it seemed to go well. But when I logged in I got no launcher or anything. I can right click to bring up a menu and use the shortcut for the terminal. and run programs from the terminal.

I have tried the methods to fix a broken compiz. i have tried to install radeon drives as I am using an old Radeon 9200. but afterwards when I try the fglrxinfo command, I get "Illegal instruction". I have tried a couple of other things but with no lucky.

Does anyone have any ideas?

edit: forgot to say, I can login as guest but the desktop is very very slow

asked May 29 '13 at 19:53

BiggJJ

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my friend had this problem too but im not shure if it will work for you, all he did was reinstall ubuntu and everything worked. – MegaEverything May 29 '13 at 20:24
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hmmm, try restarting lightdm. press ctrl+alt+f2, log in, and enter sudo service lightdm restart. Not quite sure why, but I remember it solved similar problems for me when I first installed Ubuntu. – Nil May 29 '13 at 21:43
btw, the shortcut to bringing up the terminal is ctrl+alt+T – Nil May 29 '13 at 21:46
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Thanks for the suggestions. what I have done just now is install gnome desktop. it seems to be working at the moment. nothing special. fingers crossed I can get ubuntu desktop working at some point. – BiggJJ May 30 '13 at 12:50
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Possible duplicate of Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears – karel Sep 05 '16 at 00:37

No Desktop - 13.04

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