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Dash, Launcher, and top bar missing. in 12.10

Asked by Jonathan Schank

I launched CompizConfig Settings Manager and disabled "Expo" to see what it did exactly. Then everything dissapeared. The Launcher, The top bar, and the dash. I run 12.10. I googled searched the problem and i couldnt find anything that could help. Using "Gnome Do" i can launch the Terminal, firefox, anything that i need. But i still want the launcher back :/ If you could help that would be great!!!

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samuel (samuel-h) said : 		#1

Launch the terminal and type:
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1;gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compizconfig-1;unity --reset
If it doesn't fix it instantly then trying logging out and in again

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

If samuel's suggestion not works , then try to reset EVERYTHING to default with commands below

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
rm -rf .compiz* .gconf* .config/dconf/ .config/compiz*

Please copy - paste the commands from here .. do not make a mistake.

Then reboot.

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Does a reboot without doing anything not make it ok?

I suggest you avoid ccsm, there is even a warning when you launch it.

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Jonathan Schank (jonbenonly2011) said : 		#4

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.

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Judy Kilday (kilday-judy) said : 		#5

I read your suggestions,

I tried
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1;man --recursive-unset /apps/compizconfig-1;unity --reset

The result was:
ERROR: the reset option is now deprecated

So I tried:
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
rm -rf .compiz* .gconf* .config/dconf/ .config/compiz*

The response was:
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  mb-skeinforge
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.