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I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



My Terminal & Unity are not working.



When login i see my Ctr+Alt+T is not working, login screen bland, no dash, no launcher. However i am able to run GUI applications from tty1 using command line and then see them after Ctr+Alt+F7. but on desktop there is no minimize, close, maximize button on windows, Alt+F4 also doesn't work. Could this be caused by low disk space warning originally given by system after which i decided to increase system partition size?



Things I have Tried:
Reinstalling ubuntu-desktop with



sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


Checking updates, Upgrades & -f install










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    I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



    My Terminal & Unity are not working.



    When login i see my Ctr+Alt+T is not working, login screen bland, no dash, no launcher. However i am able to run GUI applications from tty1 using command line and then see them after Ctr+Alt+F7. but on desktop there is no minimize, close, maximize button on windows, Alt+F4 also doesn't work. Could this be caused by low disk space warning originally given by system after which i decided to increase system partition size?



    Things I have Tried:
    Reinstalling ubuntu-desktop with



    sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


    Checking updates, Upgrades & -f install










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      I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



      My Terminal & Unity are not working.



      When login i see my Ctr+Alt+T is not working, login screen bland, no dash, no launcher. However i am able to run GUI applications from tty1 using command line and then see them after Ctr+Alt+F7. but on desktop there is no minimize, close, maximize button on windows, Alt+F4 also doesn't work. Could this be caused by low disk space warning originally given by system after which i decided to increase system partition size?



      Things I have Tried:
      Reinstalling ubuntu-desktop with



      sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


      Checking updates, Upgrades & -f install










      share|improve this question
















      I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS



      My Terminal & Unity are not working.



      When login i see my Ctr+Alt+T is not working, login screen bland, no dash, no launcher. However i am able to run GUI applications from tty1 using command line and then see them after Ctr+Alt+F7. but on desktop there is no minimize, close, maximize button on windows, Alt+F4 also doesn't work. Could this be caused by low disk space warning originally given by system after which i decided to increase system partition size?



      Things I have Tried:
      Reinstalling ubuntu-desktop with



      sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


      Checking updates, Upgrades & -f install







      boot unity partitioning gparted






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          From tty;



          Run updates:



          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


          Check for Errors:



          sudo apt-get -f install


          Then unmount the deleted drive:



          umount /media/amit


          Then update your grub:



          sudo update-grub


          Reinstall unity:



           sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


          Next Install Terminal:



          sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get update


          Now Reboot



          sudo reboot


          Other Options: Reseting unity with unity-reset Install from Link If you can -> Install unity-reset



          If not you can install unity-reset in tty:



          Add PPA:



          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily && sudo apt-get update


          Install:



          sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool


          To reset tweak tool



          unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity


          Then type:



          $ unity-reset


          Last option install new desktop from tty this option installs Gnome Desktop



          sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop


          Last Option: Reinstall Ubuntu Without Loosing Data






          share|improve this answer


























          • when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

            – amitroy
            Jan 17 '16 at 23:43











          • If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:00











          • i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:37













          • O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:51






          • 1





            thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 1:47












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          From tty;



          Run updates:



          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


          Check for Errors:



          sudo apt-get -f install


          Then unmount the deleted drive:



          umount /media/amit


          Then update your grub:



          sudo update-grub


          Reinstall unity:



           sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


          Next Install Terminal:



          sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get update


          Now Reboot



          sudo reboot


          Other Options: Reseting unity with unity-reset Install from Link If you can -> Install unity-reset



          If not you can install unity-reset in tty:



          Add PPA:



          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily && sudo apt-get update


          Install:



          sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool


          To reset tweak tool



          unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity


          Then type:



          $ unity-reset


          Last option install new desktop from tty this option installs Gnome Desktop



          sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop


          Last Option: Reinstall Ubuntu Without Loosing Data






          share|improve this answer


























          • when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

            – amitroy
            Jan 17 '16 at 23:43











          • If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:00











          • i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:37













          • O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:51






          • 1





            thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 1:47
















          1














          From tty;



          Run updates:



          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


          Check for Errors:



          sudo apt-get -f install


          Then unmount the deleted drive:



          umount /media/amit


          Then update your grub:



          sudo update-grub


          Reinstall unity:



           sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


          Next Install Terminal:



          sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get update


          Now Reboot



          sudo reboot


          Other Options: Reseting unity with unity-reset Install from Link If you can -> Install unity-reset



          If not you can install unity-reset in tty:



          Add PPA:



          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily && sudo apt-get update


          Install:



          sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool


          To reset tweak tool



          unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity


          Then type:



          $ unity-reset


          Last option install new desktop from tty this option installs Gnome Desktop



          sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop


          Last Option: Reinstall Ubuntu Without Loosing Data






          share|improve this answer


























          • when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

            – amitroy
            Jan 17 '16 at 23:43











          • If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:00











          • i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:37













          • O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:51






          • 1





            thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 1:47














          1












          1








          1







          From tty;



          Run updates:



          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


          Check for Errors:



          sudo apt-get -f install


          Then unmount the deleted drive:



          umount /media/amit


          Then update your grub:



          sudo update-grub


          Reinstall unity:



           sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


          Next Install Terminal:



          sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get update


          Now Reboot



          sudo reboot


          Other Options: Reseting unity with unity-reset Install from Link If you can -> Install unity-reset



          If not you can install unity-reset in tty:



          Add PPA:



          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily && sudo apt-get update


          Install:



          sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool


          To reset tweak tool



          unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity


          Then type:



          $ unity-reset


          Last option install new desktop from tty this option installs Gnome Desktop



          sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop


          Last Option: Reinstall Ubuntu Without Loosing Data






          share|improve this answer















          From tty;



          Run updates:



          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


          Check for Errors:



          sudo apt-get -f install


          Then unmount the deleted drive:



          umount /media/amit


          Then update your grub:



          sudo update-grub


          Reinstall unity:



           sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop


          Next Install Terminal:



          sudo apt-get aptitude install --reinstall gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get update


          Now Reboot



          sudo reboot


          Other Options: Reseting unity with unity-reset Install from Link If you can -> Install unity-reset



          If not you can install unity-reset in tty:



          Add PPA:



          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily && sudo apt-get update


          Install:



          sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool


          To reset tweak tool



          unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity


          Then type:



          $ unity-reset


          Last option install new desktop from tty this option installs Gnome Desktop



          sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop


          Last Option: Reinstall Ubuntu Without Loosing Data







          share|improve this answer














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          answered Jan 17 '16 at 23:20









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          • when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

            – amitroy
            Jan 17 '16 at 23:43











          • If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:00











          • i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:37













          • O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:51






          • 1





            thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 1:47



















          • when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

            – amitroy
            Jan 17 '16 at 23:43











          • If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:00











          • i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:37













          • O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

            – DnrDevil
            Jan 18 '16 at 0:51






          • 1





            thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

            – amitroy
            Jan 18 '16 at 1:47

















          when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

          – amitroy
          Jan 17 '16 at 23:43





          when am trying to umount /media/amit i get an error stating /media/amit is not mounted(according to mtab). i ran sudo blkid to see my partitions, i see sdb5 is not mentioned(which i had deleted), however sdb6 is present(created by me from unallocated space originally). Rest commands went smooth except gnome-terminal was already installed. After reboot i am still confronted with same errors.

          – amitroy
          Jan 17 '16 at 23:43













          If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

          – DnrDevil
          Jan 18 '16 at 0:00





          If the drivw is unmouted you should be able to format it later with gparted I would worry abut unity first. Updated terminal & unity codes + extra troubleshooting

          – DnrDevil
          Jan 18 '16 at 0:00













          i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

          – amitroy
          Jan 18 '16 at 0:37







          i fixed the first error i.e /media/amit not found during boot process by editing the /etc/fstab file. i had configured it to mount sdb5 on auto during boot process. hence first error solved but rest desktop problem persists. If this input helps, before i decided to increase my ubuntu partition size, ubuntu was complaining me for acutely low disk space of few kb in system partition. Could this have caused this present problem ?

          – amitroy
          Jan 18 '16 at 0:37















          O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

          – DnrDevil
          Jan 18 '16 at 0:51





          O definitely but updates should fix the issue - or -f install ; always can try 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' Just to check newest everything.

          – DnrDevil
          Jan 18 '16 at 0:51




          1




          1





          thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

          – amitroy
          Jan 18 '16 at 1:47





          thanks a ton!!!!! reseting unity using unity-tweak-tool worked for me.

          – amitroy
          Jan 18 '16 at 1:47


















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