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Today I logged in ubuntu and without me doing any changes to the system recently, unity is gone. I have no dash, i can't move around my windows. What I noticed is that e.g nautilus opens but there are no window frames/buttons. I found a relative question in the forums, tried the answer but nothing changed. Can someone help me fix or re-install unity? Thanks in advance

Not Amused
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  • sudo apt-get --purge unity & sudo apt-get install unity – shantanu Jul 03 '13 at 19:12
  • I already tried that. It didn't fix it. – Not Amused Jul 03 '13 at 19:14
  • What happens when you try a different profile? Are the buttons present there? – BenK Jul 03 '13 at 20:27
  • It seems like the solutions here may fix this, as this is somewhat similar (except in your case you seem to have a way to create windows). If that doesn't work, perhaps the problem is more related to compiz and less to unity. In that case, what happens if you run compiz --replace? (You should be able to do that--if you can run programs, just without borders around their windows, then you should be able to open the Terminal.) – Eliah Kagan Jul 03 '13 at 20:55
  • @Benk, I logged in as a guest but no improvements. I start thinking that it has something to do with graphics drivers? My laptop has 2 graphics cards from which one is not supported. Maybe it found beta drivers? I don't know. – Not Amused Jul 04 '13 at 00:45
  • @EliahKagan I tried that one as well. It didn't work either. It does seem like the same problem I'm having tho. What I noticed when i did that is: When I enabled the unity plugin, it checked the OpenGL checkbox, and instantly unchecked it. Like OpenGL couldn't be activated. – Not Amused Jul 04 '13 at 00:47
  • This seems more and more like the problem is that compiz (the window manager) is not working (or not running). I believe that would make it so many options in CCSM would behave this way. In other words, I think this is not a problem with Unity itself, but with Compiz (on which Unity relies). Your window borders are missing (those provide the ability to move, resize, and minimize windows, and provide a window's title bar), and window borders are provided by the window manager (which for a Unity desktop is Compiz). What text appears in the Terminal when you run compiz --replace? – Eliah Kagan Jul 04 '13 at 03:04

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Try this:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
    sudo apt-get install unity
sameetandpotatoes
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  • Hi and thanks for your reply. As I said I found relative answers to this problem, yours was one of them. It didn't do it. – Not Amused Jul 04 '13 at 00:43