Sunday, July 5, 2015

Fixing issue with Ubuntu default unity theme (no GUI - only wallpaper / desktop)

Hi,


Don't be panic if you are not able to see taskbar/panel/..etc after login.


Today I have tried to configure my machine's UI using compizConfigSettingsManager, sudden of GUI mode gone.

I googled it, after doing so many researches, I have found a fix as below,

(My machine was showing login window, but no GUI after login)

Step1) After successful login, right click on the desktop and select "open terminal" then go to your account's home directory.

Step2) List out all system/hidden files using "ls -la", then delete folder which ever starts with ".compiz or compiz*"

- Use sudo if it is not happened.

 * I have removed two folders in my home directory named as ".compiz" & ".config/compiz-1".

Step3) Restart Unity (default unity theme from ubuntu) after deleting above folders by using below commad or vice-versa.

 - setsid unity


Thats all, Immediately you will get GUI. Better you reboot the machine using "sudo reboot" from terminal.

:)