Tried to get gnome desktop but now all is gone.

Also there is no panel. That means no home folder or anything else. So am unable to do anything except browse the internet.

I found out what I am missing is the 'Menu Bar' and the 'Launcher'... Any ideas on how do get these 2 things back or unhide them? My system seems to still be usable if I had these two things to use it. Can only access the internet and Help Guide that doesn't tell you how to get these back. I used the 'Synpatic Package Manager' to remove the package "gnome-icon-theme" cause I wanted to install "gnome-icon-theme-full". But when I removed the first one that is when everything disappeared. Is there a way to get the Package Manager up again? Don't think I can even get a terminal. Have found the Ubuntu User Guide, but so far it hasn't had any information about this. Any suggestions?

Hello,

Do you still have an empty menu bar or nothing at all?
If you have an empty menu bar, place the mouse over the bar, and

On your keyboard press simultaneously the "Super" key and "Alt" key , keep them down and go
over the panel with the mouse, right-click on it. There you will find a menu to insert elements
in your panel (menus, clock, calendar, meteo, applications quick launch...)

One more hint: the "Super" key is the one with a window painted... yes, like MS-Windows logo :-)

If you have an older version of Ubuntu (11.xx), no need to super key, alt + right clik is enough
If you have 10.xx, no need to super key and no need to press alt, only right click is enough.
I know, with a sheet of paper and a pencil, no need to right click :-) but I still think the designers should
sometimes make an effort to keep it simple.

Good luck
Enrico

Hi,

Thanks for this info. Will print it out and then do as you suggest in case something goes wrong. Will let you know if this works. Yes, I have the painted window.

Margaret

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> Subject: Re: [Question #215048]: Tried to get gnome desktop but now all is gone.
> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:55:53 +0000
>
> Your question #215048 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/215048
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Enrico Rosina proposed the following answer:
> Hello,
>
> Do you still have an empty menu bar or nothing at all?
> If you have an empty menu bar, place the mouse over the bar, and
>
> On your keyboard press simultaneously the "Super" key and "Alt" key , keep them down and go
> over the panel with the mouse, right-click on it. There you will find a menu to insert elements
> in your panel (menus, clock, calendar, meteo, applications quick launch...)
>
> One more hint: the "Super" key is the one with a window painted... yes,
> like MS-Windows logo :-)
>
> If you have an older version of Ubuntu (11.xx), no need to super key, alt + right clik is enough
> If you have 10.xx, no need to super key and no need to press alt, only right click is enough.
> I know, with a sheet of paper and a pencil, no need to right click :-) but I still think the designers should
> sometimes make an effort to keep it simple.
>
> Good luck
> Enrico
>
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All you have to do is install gnome-panel and log off then log in to the new session in LightDM. If you like the Gnome 2 smell and want full support, I recommend you install Xubuntu. You won't have the Unity shell installed and you will get the 2 panel desktop you are used to. You can run all your Gnome apps there as XFCE is coded with GTK.

Hi,

That sounds good but one problem. I don't have any package manager anymore so I am not able to choose and install the gnome panel. To get online at all, I press F3 and get Nautilus.. This has my home folder stuff. From there I go to the help menu and click on 'Get Help Online'. When this window opens I then can browse the Internet. To close this window I click on Firefox icon, get a drop down menu and click on close. That closes the window and then to shut the computer I press momentarily the power button and that gets me the Shut Down box, so then I click shut down to turn the computer off. Don't even have a terminal. So I do not know how I could do as you suggest even though I would love to.

Margaret

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> Subject: Re: [Question #215048]: Tried to get gnome desktop but now all is gone.
> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:26:00 +0000
>
> Your question #215048 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/215048
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> All you have to do is install gnome-panel and log off then log in to the
> new session in LightDM. If you like the Gnome 2 smell and want full
> support, I recommend you install Xubuntu. You won't have the Unity shell
> installed and you will get the 2 panel desktop you are used to. You can
> run all your Gnome apps there as XFCE is coded with GTK.
>
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Hi Enrico,

I tried doing as you suggested but I don't have a Menu bar any more so when I held down the Super & ALT keys then right clicked over where the panel should of poped out nothing happen. Tried same where the Menu Bar is suppose to be, nothing happened. Far as I know I don't now have anyway to do anything other then what I wrote above. If somehow I could get the Package Manager up I could install packages, but far as I can tell, that is not a option.

You can install in terminal, so you don't need a 'package manager' application, just terminal.

Hi,

That would be great too, but I am not able to get a terminal or anything else. So what I am going to try is first saving my home folder onto a DVD, then will try to download Ubuntu from their web site. May be missing to many files or what-ever to do this, but I am going to give it a try. But, not tonight. Will let everyone know if I succeed or not.

Margaret

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> Subject: Re: [Question #215048]: Tried to get gnome desktop but now all is gone.
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:20:57 +0000
>
> Your question #215048 on unity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+question/215048
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> You can install in terminal, so you don't need a 'package manager'
> application, just terminal.
>
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Press CTRL+ALT+T and run:

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

Hi,

I just did as you suggested pressing CTRL+ALT+T at the same time. By doing this ONCE I got 54 terminal windows. Deleted all but the last one (counted as I deleted them). There was no cursor or anything else. The terminal window was blank so could not write in the command below. But, worth a try.

Margaret

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> Subject: Re: [Question #215048]: Tried to get gnome desktop but now all is gone.
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:41:08 +0000
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> Your question #215048 on unity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+question/215048
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Press CTRL+ALT+T and run:
>
> sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
>
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Is CTRL+ALT+F1 the same?

Hi everyone,

Since I was unable to do anything anyone suggested just because I no longer had the links to do so, I downloaded the new Ubuntu 12.10.... That part worked great but since I did not have the buttons to click I could not "Write to Disk"... So that did not work. Instead I put the disk in my laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it and reinstalled this version of Ubuntu. Unfortunately since I was unable in any way to save my home folder information and pictures, I no longer have them. That part I don't like, but could not do anything about it. So I have Ubuntu back on my laptop.