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Tags: unity   launcher   grub  
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URL: https://askubuntu.com/q/1158115
Title: Unity launch bar and menu bar won't come up on Ubuntu 16.04
ID: /2019/07/13/Unity-launch-bar-and-menu-bar-won_t-come-up-on-Ubuntu-16.04
Created: July 13, 2019    Edited:  June 12, 2020
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There’s been a few posts lately of launcher disappearing. Most likely everyone suffered from the same update which introduced a bug. When you boot your computer choose from the grub menu β€œAdvanced options for Ubuntu”. From the submenu select the next oldest kernel version that works.

Other than that check these Q&As:


Edit: July 15, 2019

After answer was accepted a comment was made how system worked in recovery mode. If that’s the case try the solution in this answer:

Open a terminal and use:

rm -rf ~/.config/compiz-1/compizconfig/*
sudo reboot

When rebooting select the most recent kernel rather than the older recovery option.

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