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Desktop icons are not showing and terminal is not opening

Asked by Sakshi

My desktop is not showing any icons. When I log in with my I'd and password nothing happens after that..only the desktop screen is empty with wallpaper only..no icons. Also Ctrl+alt+T or ctrl+alt +F1 is not opening any terminal. Kindly help..as I have important data in this computer to be used soon.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Is the data backed up?

If you log in as guest does the session work OK?

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Sakshi (sakshi+koul) said : 		#2

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04

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Sakshi (sakshi+koul) said : 		#3

No..data is not backed up..
Yes when I log in as a guest user.. it works fine

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

If its not backed up it can't be very important.

What if the storage IDE fails? Where is your data?

If you log in to the Unity 2D session as your user, is it OK?

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Sakshi (sakshi+koul) said : 		#5

I'm sry.. I m using Ubuntu 14.04
Nd I can't open the unity 2D session

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

if you log in as user then run:

su yourusername
sudo chown $USER:$USER $HOME

You only need to change "yourusername" in the commands above. The rest are BASH variables and will be fine.

Also run:

df -h

Make sure your partitions have free space

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Sakshi (sakshi+koul) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

If you use gksudo to run GUI applications instead of sudo you will get this issue less.

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Sakshi (sakshi+koul) said : 		#9

Thanks.. I will .