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I wanted to install ubuntu-desktop and unity packages on a fresh install of ubuntu server 16.04.1. I installed with ubuntu-desktop --no-install-recommends parameters.

When I start OS, I’m prompted to log in with my user, BUT no launcher, no unity, no icons, no right-click, only terminal access and default wallpapers are displayed.

After login process, .xsession-errors start growing and CONSUME ALL FREE disk space ! this file contain only this error message:

process 2473: arguments to dbus_message_iter_append_basic() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_utf8 (*string_p)" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-message.c line 2712. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.

No log in /var/log/syslog.

Also, I can SSH on my machine, seeking on the web to find a solution, but no tip does not work for my case.

I tried to reinstall Ubuntu, ubuntu-desktop (with recommended packages), unity without success, I'm lost.

Could anyone help me and save my day?

Melebius
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I resolved my issue. It was a problem with UTF-8. Modifify /etc/default/locale like this:

#File generated by update-locale
LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LANGUAGE="fr_FR:fr"
LC_ALL="fr_FR.UTF-8"

Reboot and it's good!

Melebius
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kizer
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I have ubuntu 16.04 and these are the steps that worked for me:

1) sudo apt-get update

2) sudo apt-get install –reinstall ubuntu-desktop

3) sudo apt-get install unity

4) rm -rf ~/.cache/compizconfig-1

5) sudo shutdown -r now

hope it helps.

Bhagyashri Kulkarni
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Following linuxslaves, I moved the whole ~/.config folder and got unity back. First I tried the 5 steps posted by Bhagyashri Kulkarni, but this did not work for me.

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