Ubuntu Session not starting Unity

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I've been fiddling around with different desktop environments lately. I started with Gnome Fallback, then Gnome 3 then XFCE and now I decided to use Unity.

I installed ubuntu-desktop and launched "Ubuntu" in Lightdm but no panel or launcher appears. To make them appear I need to do CTRL+ALT+F1, login and execute:

export DISPLAY=:0
setsid unity

It then appears after I execute that but every time I login I need to do that. In addition, there are no indicators in the top right corner.

Does anyone know how I can make the indicators appear and make the launcher and panel appear when I log in?

Thanks,

edited May 23 '14 at 09:59

asked May 21 '14 at 23:56

Bentley Carr

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'Prt sc' doesn't work? – No Time May 21 '14 at 23:59
@NoTime - Is PrtSc supposed to take a screenshot and save it to ~/Pictures? Cause it's not doing that. – Bentley Carr May 22 '14 at 00:09
Printscreen normally saves it to clipboard, unless you have changed normal keybinds – No Time May 22 '14 at 00:59
Oh, ok. I thought it would have put them in ~/Pictures as that's what GNOME3 and XFCE does by default. I'll edit my question. – Bentley Carr May 22 '14 at 01:02
Have you tried How do I reset my Unity configuration? – bain May 23 '14 at 11:10
Also ubuntu 14.04 unity desktop without panel and launcher – bain May 23 '14 at 11:11
@bain - Firstly, thanks for your comments. My question is different from the possible duplicate you said as none of the answers actualy specify what to do to make it so that I don't need to enter the code every time I login. – Bentley Carr May 23 '14 at 11:12
setsid unity is the command to start unity from the command line. It is not the solution to your problem. Did you try resetting your Unity configuration, or any of the other suggested answers? – bain May 23 '14 at 11:15
Can you create a new user account and try logging in to that? – bain May 23 '14 at 11:16
@bain - I just tried resetting my unity configuration and the same as before happened; no side launcher or panel. – Bentley Carr May 23 '14 at 11:16
@bain - I'll try that. – Bentley Carr May 23 '14 at 11:17
@bain - Yeah, when I created a new user everything worked perfectly. – Bentley Carr May 23 '14 at 11:22
Try rm -rf ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 – bain May 23 '14 at 11:23
@bain - Nup, it still doesnt work. :-/ – Bentley Carr May 23 '14 at 11:25
See the answer to How to reset main user account? – bain May 23 '14 at 11:29

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