1

my desktop went away. and I couldn't access any program. and I just see the purple screen. the only thing I could do is to open the home. plus i couldn't access the terminal Ctrl+alt+T is not working , how should I overcome this issue and what happenend ? thank you inadvance

ps : I run ubuntu 14.04 in vmware machine

Edit : this link was not resolved my problem because unity plugin was not appearing in the compizconfig and the problem was due to deleting python package.

Community
  • 1
f.a
  • 45
  • possible duplicate of Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears – muru Mar 08 '15 at 19:25
  • @muru,thanks .at first I got to step 3 and then it freezed, I restart the system and go through the step .. but there where no unity plugin and there is an error displayed on tty1 : ccsm:2588:IBUS-Warrnings :unable to connect to ibus:could not connect:connection refused – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:13
  • Did you login to the GUI before switching to tty1? – muru Mar 08 '15 at 21:14
  • yes I just get to see the wallpaper and then I follow the steps – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:15
  • If you run DISPLAY=:0 gnome-terminal in the TTY, does the terminal show up in the GUI? – muru Mar 08 '15 at 21:16
  • I power off the Ubuntu , it will take some time.sorry – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:19
  • @muru.it said that it wasn't installed, I installed it but in the installation process :(gconftool-2:3238):GConf-Warning**Client failed to connect to D-BUS daemon: unable to auto-launch a dbus daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11 – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:33
  • Which is weird. Did you uninstall something before all this happened? What happens when you do sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop? – muru Mar 08 '15 at 21:34
  • yes I was trying to uninstall python and igraph_python and some other packages but during these times I open up some terminals, and I can't recall but the last terminal changed to something else, and from that time I couldn't open up a terminal and when I restart it these all happened – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:37
  • You CANNOT uninstall python. Too many things depend on it. – muru Mar 08 '15 at 21:38
  • oh!so then after installing ubuntu-desktop which is in the progress, I should install python? with this command :sudo apt-get install python because I had some problem with matching versions before – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:42
  • No, ubuntu-desktop will pull in python as well. If you had problems with python versions, you should consider using a local version with virtualenvs. – muru Mar 08 '15 at 21:43
  • Ok, Thank you so much for your helps and information. – f.a Mar 08 '15 at 21:44
  • @f.a: Did this resolve your problem? If so, give muru a ping so he can convert his comment to a proper answer. – David Foerster Mar 09 '15 at 11:41
  • @DavidFoerster, yes,installing ubuntu-desktop did solve my problem. – f.a Mar 09 '15 at 15:39
  • @muru, please convert your comment to an answer. Thank you – f.a Mar 09 '15 at 15:39

1 Answers1

1

Python is a pretty core package, a lot of things depend on it (including much of the GUI). You can re-install the Ubuntu GUI using:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

if you problems with Python versions, it's best to leave the system Python alone and use virtualenvs.

Community
  • 1
muru
  • 197,895
  • 55
  • 485
  • 740