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When I log into my account on Ubuntu 12.10 and it opens up there is a blank desktop

Asked by Christopher Wetzel

I recently re-installed Ubuntu 12.10 along side Windows 7.
Ubuntu worked fine and after all the updates I rebooted and logged back in to my account only to find everything on my desktop gone. There was just the desktop image no power button no dash or bar to the left nothing. I am able to launch the terminal with ctrl alt T and I was able to launch chromium in the terminal. I have to log off by hitting ctrl alt delete.
How can I fix my desk top with the command line in terminal or any other way?

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Christopher Wetzel (wetzel-izer) said : 		#1

When I launch chromium I get this, Chromium does open but when I exit the terminal Chromium will close too
administrator@ubuntu:~$ chromium-browser
[2462:2483:0204/224905:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(608)] Failed to get name owner. Got org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.chromium.Mtpd': no such name
[2462:2483:0204/224905:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(608)] Failed to get name owner. Got org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.chromium.Mtpd': no such name
[2462:2462:0204/224905:ERROR:content_settings_pref_provider.cc(475)] Invalid pattern strings: ,*
[2462:2462:0204/224905:ERROR:content_settings_pref_provider.cc(329)] Invalid pattern strings: ,*
[2462:2462:0204/224905:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(513)] Failed to call method: org.chromium.Mtpd.EnumerateStorage: object_path= /org/chromium/Mtpd: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.chromium.Mtpd was not provided by any .service files
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
[2504:2504:0204/224909:ERROR:gl_surface_glx.cc(58)] glxQueryVersion failed
[2504:2504:0204/224909:ERROR:gl_surface_linux.cc(58)] GLSurfaceGLX::InitializeOneOff failed.

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Christopher Wetzel (wetzel-izer) said : 		#2

Problem solved!!!!
I ran this
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:unity-team/staging

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install unity

Then rebooted my system and it was fixed.
Thanks to http://askubuntu.com/questions/243043/after-logging-in-theres-a-black-screen-and-my-cursor-nothing-else-in-ubuntu?rq=1