When I log in there is nothing except the default wallpaper, is there anything I can do?

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Last night I was browsing the internet while I had VLC and a text document open, suddenly the screen jumped to VLC with the text document in front of it. The video was playable and the document editable but the I couldn't move the document or do anything else. I restart the computer and everything is normal until I log in then there is just the default wallpaper(I had changed the wallpaper) and that is it, no icons no nothing. Is there anything I can do or is reinstalling necessary. I was on Ubuntu 14.04 My other operating system is OS X 10.7.5

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 18 '15 at 20:07

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Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 to open tty. Here, run sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity ubuntu-desktop. After that finishes, run sudo dpkg --configure -a before rebooting.

edited Apr 18 '15 at 20:07

Tim

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answered Apr 18 '15 at 19:30

TheWanderer

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score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 18 '15 at 20:07

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First, restart X with this command:

sudo -S restart lightdm

Sometimes this is a quick fix for running processes.

edited Apr 18 '15 at 20:07

Tim

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answered Apr 18 '15 at 19:52

RCline7

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When I log in there is nothing except the default wallpaper, is there anything I can do?

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