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I just completed an upgrade to Ocelot from Natty. I can't tolerate the Unity interface, so I'm attempting to run the classic shell.

I followed the instructions on this thread. However running the gnome-tweak-tool and disabling the "filemanager handles desktop" option yields only a blank screen. I still have no panels, only now I see neither the Nautilus menubar nor the desktop icons.

After selecting GNOME classic session and logging in, I see no panels whatsoever. Nautilus has loaded a file-menu bar where my top panel should instead be. Right-clicking (or alt+right click) on this menu has no response, so I'm unable to add new panels.

I've tried various things, such as purging and reinstalling gnome packages. I've deleted user setting folders such as: ~/.gconf ~/.gnome ~/.gnome2 ~/.metacity These have had no effect.

Any suggestions?

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I discovered gnome-panel was crashing:

(gnome-panel:9694): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_context_get: assertion `priv->widget_path != NULL' failed

It looks like a similar issue here.

As @fossfreedom suggested, it is probably related to video drivers. As a workaround, I followed instructions here for uninstalling fglrx and reinstalling the open-source driver.

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You can't use anymore Ubuntu Classic. Now you can use Ubuntu with Unity 3D or 2D, or you can install gnome-shell. You can also use the fallback mode of gnome-shell that looks similar to Ubuntu Classic but it's not it.

For install gnome shell do this:

  1. Open a terminal by hitting CTRL + ALT + T

  2. Insert and run this command:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

For install gnome-fallback-mode do this:

  1. Open a terminal by hitting CTRL + ALT + T

  2. Insert and run this command:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

Then log out and select GNOME Classic for the gnome fallback session or GNOME Shell for gnome shell at the LightDM login screen.

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