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Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
I'm pretty unfamiliar with Linux, and I've installed Ubuntu 12.04. The install seems to have gone smoothly and everything, but I'm having troubles when I log in.
The computer boots up normally and takes me to the login screen, and once I login it takes me to a featureless desktop. There's no list of programs on the left and no menu bar on the top. The wallpaper is there, and I get the standard context menu when I right click the background. I can create folders and search through them and run programs, but everything runs really slowly and windows are pinned in the upper left corner.
I tried logging into a guest account and after about a minute of a black screen with a cursor, it loaded up the normal desktop screen. Programs are running faster, I can move windows around, I've got my list of programs on the left and my menu bar up top.
