Hi Team,
This is to confirm that the above problem no longer exists.
As backups of all important files had been made, no significant data was
lost. Ubuntu 16.04 was reinstalled and all subsequent updates since
then have been successful.
Thanks for your interest.
Mark French
On 21/07/18 04
Public bug reported:
Desktop ikons have disappeared on both laptop and desktop, so unable to
access Firefox, Thunderbird or any other essential software. Unable to
shutdown other than by powering off
** Affects: mesa (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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