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recovering lost 15.04 GUI

After the latest system update, I lost my GUI. how does one repair Ubuntu desktop/
Unity?

unity 15.04 gui

asked Jun 13 '15 at 21:22

AtomLaw
16 3

Have you tried to reinstall Unity with sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity ? – Paranoid Panda Jun 13 '15
at 21:32

1 Answer

Try this:

Switch on your computer.

Press and hold the Shift key, which will bring up the Grub menu.

Select the line which starts with Advanced options .

Select the line ending with recovery mode

Your PC should display a menu with a number of options.

Select:

The option File system check

and

The option Drop to root shell prompt with networking

In the terminal run:

mount -o remount,rw /
mount --all
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get -m install
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop unity
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
reboot

answered Jun 13 '15 at 23:09

kyodake
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