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Unity bar and system tray disappeared

Asked by TASSOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS

Hello.

I don't kow why or how, but the Unity Launcher/Bar and the systray have disappeared.

I use 12.04LTS 32bit running on a desktop PC.

Any hints how to fix this?

Is this the issue I read with ccfs and Unity Plugin enable? After enabling do I need to restart my PC?

Thanks in advance

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JNH (jordannh) said : 		#1

It's probably an issue with your graphics driver. What's the model of your graphics card? H ow did you install the driver?
To get the model open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and type
    lspci
and look for something resembling "vga," "vga controller," or "graphics."

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TASSOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS (supertp) said : 		#2

VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1)

Well I didn't do anything at that time with the driver. Could this be done by the System Update?

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TASSOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS (supertp) said : 		#3

By performing sudo unity --reset I got the following :

sudo unity --reset
WARNING: no current gconf profile set, assuming unity
WARNING: Unity currently default profile, so switching to metacity while resetting the values
unity-panel-service: no process found
Window manager warning: Treating resize request of legacy application 0x240001f (tassos_pan) as a fullscreen request
Window manager warning: Treating resize request of legacy application 0x2400043 (Επαμε) as a fullscreen request
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Initializing core options...done
compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x1600004

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x1a00003

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x3600004

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x240001f

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x2400043

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x2e000b8

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x2800f31

compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x2800f3f

Initializing composite options...done
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libopengl.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'opengl'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libcompiztoolbox.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'compiztoolbox'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libdecor.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'decor'
Initializing vpswitch options...done
Initializing snap options...done
Initializing mousepoll options...done
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libresize.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'resize'
Initializing place options...done
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libmove.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'move'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libwall.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'wall'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libgrid.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'grid'
Initializing session options...done
Initializing gnomecompat options...done
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libanimation.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'animation'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libfade.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'fade'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libunitymtgrabhandles.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'unitymtgrabhandles'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libworkarounds.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'workarounds'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libscale.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'scale'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libexpo.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'expo'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libezoom.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'ezoom'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin '/usr/lib/compiz/libunityshell.so' : libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'unityshell'
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e00090!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e00093!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e00096!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e00099!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e00099!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e0009c!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e0009f!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e000a2!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x1e000a5!
compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this.
Initializing animation options...done
Initializing annotate options...done
Initializing blur options...done
Initializing clone options...done
Initializing colorfilter options...done
Initializing commands options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing expo options...done
Initializing ezoom options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing grid options...done
Initializing imgjpeg options...done
Initializing kdecompat options...done
Initializing mag options...done
Initializing neg options...done
Initializing obs options...done
Initializing opacify options...done
Initializing opengl options...done
Initializing put options...done
Initializing resizeinfo options...done
Initializing ring options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing scale options...done
Initializing scaleaddon options...done
Initializing screenshot options...done
Initializing shift options...done
Initializing staticswitcher options...done
Initializing switcher options...done
Initializing thumbnail options...done
Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done
Initializing unityshell options...done
Initializing wall options...done
Initializing water options...done
Initializing winrules options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
Initializing workarounds options...done
Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key"
Setting Update "autoraise"
Setting Update "autoraise_delay"
Setting Update "toggle_window_shaded_key"
Setting Update "main_menu_key"
Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key"
Setting Update "run_key"

Nothing worked. I also tried via ccsm (enabling Unity plugin) but nothing was fixed...

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JNH (jordannh) said : 		#4

Ubuntu for the past few versions have disabled Jockey which has been THE way to install graphics drivers.
Open up a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install jockey jockey-gtk"
Once installed run "jockey-gtk" and a box will pop up and (hopefully) will list a few proprietary drivers for your graphics card. Select the recommended one (not post-release updates) and select "activate."

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TASSOS PANAGIOTOPOULOS (supertp) said : 		#5

Well, actually I tried to do what you advised via System Settings --> Additional Drivers, but it didn't work out for me.
So the next thing I tried was Ubuntu reinstallation.

Thankfully the dpkg --get/set-selections worked great so after taking backup of my Home folder, now everything is back to normal with some effort...

Thanks for the support