I installed Ubuntu 16.04.1 two days ago. Everything was OK until today, when the login only got as far as my desktop wallpaper, without showing launcher icons or the top bar. I couldn't do anything! After much swearing and angst I used the Recovery mode to get in. That allows me control but everything now is very slow and unresponsive. The system said I should expect that and all should be OK after the normal boot. But it is not! I thought there might be problems with contention between Fingerprint GUI (which I use) and the password entry. But neither fingerprint nor password login fixes the problem. Can anyone suggest how I should proceed? Do I need a complete reinstall?
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1This is caused by a problem with the desktop settings which needs to be fixed via the console. Please see this duplicate question which has detailed instructions how to obtain a terminal and fix the problem http://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears – MttJocy Jul 31 '16 at 16:16
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Many thanks! I followed the instrutions contained in the link, with some trepidation. I didn't really know how to respond to some of the questions but I must have done something right because the change has fixed the problem,. Thanks again for your response. – Roy G Aug 01 '16 at 16:37