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Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears

I recently upgraded Ubuntu from version 11.04 to 11.10. After about two days of using this new version the Dash didn't appear on the top, and I wasn't able to access the programs that I use. Let me describe:

The bar on the top with the clock and Internet connections is not there. The only remains are the notification messages that a connection has been found, which allows me to connect to the Internet; and the menus from what appear to be a nautilus application but I'm not sure, they read File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help, and they open my Home Folder.

The icons of my favourite applications are not there, and I am unable to access them wit Alt+F2 or the Super key. The only thing that's available is the Terminal with the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T.

By the way, in order to keep using the computer I had to run the Ubuntu 2D version at the beginning, but as you would imagine that is not optimal since I was already looking forward to the new features of Ubuntu 11.10.

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Diego
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Try sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop, which should reinstall all of Unity's features.

kimberly
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  • I'm not sure the command will do anything - if ubuntu-desktop is installed, it'll just say "ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version" and do nothing. – Sergey Oct 25 '11 at 02:25
  • Thank you. The Unity plugin in Compiz got disabled. Now I know. – Diego Oct 25 '11 at 02:56
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[from the original question asker]

It turns out I accidentally uninstalled the Unity plugin in CompizConig Settings Manager. I renabled the Unity plugin in the same application.

Screenshot of CCSM

Jjed
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