No GUI with Ubuntu 13.04

Question

I no longer have a GUI with Ubuntu 13.04. I can log in and use the command line, but nothing more exotic than that.

Is there anything I can do to fix this without resorting to a full reinstallation?

Alternatively, can I upgrade to 13.10 from command line and expect everything to be fine even though there's something amiss in my current system?

Please try How do I reset my Unity configuration? & Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears — Web-E, Nov 11 '13 at 14:36
I tried unity-tweak-tool from the first link, bit I got several screenfuls of errors like (unity-tweak-tool:2321): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Error spawning command line 'dbus-launch -- autolaunch=[loads of numbers] --binary-syntax --close-stderr' : Child process exited with code 1. (Apologies for the formatting, I'm on a mobile and can't make it any more presentable) — Leo, Nov 11 '13 at 18:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 13:55

Try this

sudo apt-get -f install

or

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-2d
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
sudo apt-get install compiz-plugins-extra
sudo apt-get update

then

sudo shutdown -r now

Hope this will work for you.

Avinash Raj · Answer 2 · 2013-11-11T15:23:34.953

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Open virtual terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+F1.Login with your username and password.
Then run the below commands,

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo shutdown -h now

Poweron your pc,i hope it works.

edited Nov 11 '13 at 15:23

answered Nov 11 '13 at 14:08

Avinash Raj

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Interesting. Cannot remove. No such file or directory. Would it make any sense to completely remove and reinstall X11, or would I just be causing more trouble for myself? – Leo Nov 11 '13 at 14:19
did you run sudo service lightdm restart command. – Avinash Raj Nov 11 '13 at 14:35

No GUI with Ubuntu 13.04

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