Okay from my previous post I was able to get Unity running again by adding UNITY_FORCE_START=1 to /etc/environment Big thanks to nathanvda http://askubuntu.com/questions/37084/nvidia-driver-activated-but-currently-not-in-use But now I am back to a unity desktop with no launcher icons, so kinda back to square one.
Okay from my previous post I was able to get Unity running again by adding UNITY_FORCE_START=1 to /etc/environment Big thanks to nathanvda http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 37084/nvidia- driver- activated- but-currently- not-in- use But now I am back to a unity desktop with no launcher icons, so kinda back to square one.