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Blank desktop background, no menu bar

Asked by Siddhrao

I'm running a dual boot with Precise and Windows 7, and am completely new to working through a terminal, and barely grasp how it works.

After I installed a driver for the integrated wireless adapter on my laptop, i rebooted, and then a window popped up saying that Compiz failed or something, following which I only had a blank desktop background. On rebooting, after I log in, I just get the same blank desktop background, and I am only able to access applications by creating a folder (which somehow shows on the desktop) and then opening them from the file browser.

Is there any way I can get it to look like a normal desktop?

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Siddhrao (siddh-rao) said : 		#1

I'm fairly confident that the question below is relevant, but I have no idea how to follow the directions to rectify it

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Siddhrao (siddh-rao) said : 		#2

I'm fairly confident that the question below is relevant, but I have no idea how to follow the directions to rectify it

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Siddhrao (siddh-rao) said : 		#3

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+question/158559

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

if you log into unity2d do you get a desktop?

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Siddhrao (siddh-rao) said : 		#5

what is unity2d? how do I log into if?

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Siddhrao (siddh-rao) said : 		#6

I'm sorry for my ignorance, I tried unity 2d and it worked fine, thanks a lot!
is there any way I'd be able to use Ubuntu 3D again? also, are there any advantages to doing so?

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Siddhrao (siddh-rao) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.