Ubuntu desktop is not loading

Question

I have researched my problem on Google; but, I can not find a fix and I do not know why my desktop is not showing. Only the background wallpaper shows up. I also tried Ctrl-Shift-F1 and removed compiz compiz-core then the same thing, and I also tried reinstalling ubuntu-desktop but again the same thing!

Does someone know how to fix this? I don't want to reformat my Ubuntu drive.

Fixed: apt-get upgrade

Solution

Try this:

Press Ctrl + Alt + F1/F2 and write your username and password. After this write:

sudo stop lightdm
sudo apt-get remove --purge ubuntu-desktop unity* compiz compiz-* -y
sudo rm -vfr compiz* compiz-*
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop* unity* compiz* compiz-* -y
sudo start lightdm

Try those command and see if this help you or not.

Comments

[Grizly]

Possible duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/208346/ubuntu-12-10-shows-no-launche‌​r-or-menu

[user10106]

THANK YOU your way of fixing this worked. I tried every way that "should have" worked.. your way worked getting my machine to work on 14.04. THANK YOU x10000000

[DeeJaVu]

i see your answers after fixing my desktop, anyway thank you for trying to help, i fixed using "sudo apt-get upgrade" ! assalamu alaikum

[Pubudu Dharmarathne]

good for write the true answer to help us thank you man walaikum aaalamu

[IanVaughan]

Not sure why you have * on the commands, they don't work for me. Also the rm, thats not going to work as compiz is not going to be installed in the home dir?