Ubuntu – My desktop is gone

unity

My unity desktop is gone after running these commands

sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andrikos
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fglrx xserver-xorg-video-intel

Not sure how to get it back. I'm running chrome through the terminal

/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome

Looking at ccsm, the unity plugin seems enabled. I really don't know what to do 🙁

currently, my desktop looks like this

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xznxinitg2yrhtp/Screenshot%20from%202013-03-30%2018%3A17%3A57.png


@nerof61 – I have tried his suggestion by running the command

sudo unity --replace
sudo unity -- reset

and the results are still the same.

Here are some of the messages that shows in my terminal after running these two commands.

- Info: Loading plugin: core compiz (core) 
- Info: Starting plugin: core unity-panel-service: no process found compiz (core) 
- Info: Loading plugin: reset compiz (core) 
- Error: Failed to load plugin: reset compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ccp compiz (core) 
- Info: Starting plugin: ccp compizconfig 
- Info: Backend : gsettings compizconfig 
- Info: Integration : true compizconfig 
- Info: Profile : default compiz (core) 
- Info: Loading plugin: composite compiz (core) 
- Info: Starting plugin: composite (process:6575): 
GLib-WARNING **: In call to g_spawn_sync(), exit status of a child process was requested but SIGCHLD action was set to SIG_IGN and ECHILD was received by waitpid(), so exit status can't be returned. This is a bug in the program calling g_spawn_sync(); either don't request the exit status, or don't set the SIGCHLD action. ** (process:6575): WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: 
Error spawning command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=fbaaf03a47625e9ba0cde97e0000000a --binary-syntax --close-stderr': Child process killed by signal 59

@nerof61 – unfortunately, I have a slow connection today and can't afford to download GNONE or others.. Is there any other way for this?

@Htet Kyaw Lwin – as per your suggestion, I've tried to remove the driver I've installed using this commands

sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh 
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*

Actually, only the second run. Then I rebooted my system and it's still the same. Still the top navigation and side navigation is missing.

I appreciate all the help.


[SOLVED]

@Htet Kyaw Lwin – I've tried to go back to your suggestion, but this time, I specified only 1 item to be purged

sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx

Then tried to reboot and now it's back! Thank you for all the help 🙂

Best Answer

Uninstall your graphic card driver and reboot your computer.

How do I remove the FGLRX drivers after I've installed them by hand?