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Old 05-06-2013, 11:42 PM   #1
klepow
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My launcher disappeared, and won't come back.


I had just installed the Nvidia driver. So I suspect that has something to do with it.

-Ubuntu 12.04
-Dell XPS L702X (laptop)
-Nvidia GeForce GT 555M
-i7 2.4GHz
 
Old 05-06-2013, 11:46 PM   #2
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Which launcher the whole desktop?
 
Old 05-07-2013, 02:22 PM   #3
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The strip, along the left side. Yes, I tried placing the pointer on the left edge of the screen. Also, in the preferences, in appearance, it insists that it is there. I can only access the preferences by rt-clicking on the desktop, and selecting change background. From there, I can go to 'all preferences'. I can't get to any applications, without the launcher, as far as I know.
 
Old 05-07-2013, 02:41 PM   #4
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maybe login single-user mode & reinstall unity desktop.
 
Old 05-07-2013, 02:45 PM   #5
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quite a few options here
http://askubuntu.com/questions/12867...-12-04-upgrade
 
Old 05-08-2013, 10:25 AM   #6
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Thanks EDDY1, but no luck, still won't come back. :/
 
Old 05-08-2013, 01:01 PM   #7
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What have you tried?
Can you login to single-user mode?
 
  


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