Ubuntu – (update to 14.04) unity is not loading after I login to the admin profile after upgrade

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After upgrading to 14.04 and after the final reboot, I logged in the admin account but unity won't start, I have only the 14.04 background.

No shortcuts work. I can login and use the guest and other accounts on the machine.

I think I might have opted to keep one of the settings that I was asked to select during the upgrade to 14.04.

What other info can I provide?

My chipset is Intel GM45 mobile.

Why does unity on the other accounts (guest, etc) login and work normally?

I have only been using ubuntu since 13.04, so im not that familiar with it. My setup is dual boot with windows 7 on a laptop. Can someone help?

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I had a similar problem, I solved it by switching in terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1) then removing the configuration file ~/.config/dconf/user like this :

(! this action will remove your gnome 3 settings !)

sudo service lightdm stop
rm ~/.config/dconf/user
sudo service lightdm start

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You could try to rename all directories containing configuration files and cache in your home directory - they should be newly generated after logging in again. I am quite sure that this will work, but ALL YOUR SETTINGS WILL BE LOST.

First, switch to the command line interface using ctrl+alt+F1 and log in.

Then rename all directories containing configuration files (do NOT delete them, just in case) using the following commands

mv .config .config_old
mv .cache .cache_old
mv .gconf .gconf.old

After having done this you have to log out and back in. As this is not possible using the GUI you can run the following command:

sudo service lightdm restart

This will restart the Xserver and you should be able to login. Unity should now work again, but all your settings are reset to their default values.

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