Thanks! A couple of the things above were required to get mine working. This is what did it (run from the terminal along side of the broken desktop):
Ctrl>Alt>F1 # Login export DISPLAY=:0 cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/ sudo mv libglx.so libglx.so.xorg sudo cp libglx.so.340.32 libglx.so gsettings reset org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/ active-plugins sudo reboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1166765 Title: unity showing only blank desktop, no dash nor decorations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1166765/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs