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I'm running ubuntu 13.04 on a compaq pressario cq56. After system update unity and terminal will not load. I've read some forums on how to fix the unity problem but without terminal I can't use them, and I've found forums about the terminal issue but cannot fix it without software center which I cannot load.

I can go into root terminal from recovery mode but that seems to be ready only and will not let me install or modify files. Any help I can get to get unity or terminal back would be great. If this isn't possible I'll just try to copy some data to a flash drive and reinstall.

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  • Related (but probably not a duplicate): [Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears](http://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears), [What is a virtual terminal for?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/33078/what-is-a-virtual-terminal-for), [Why is a virtual terminal “virtual”, and what/why/where is the “real” terminal?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/14284/why-is-a-virtual-terminal-virtual-and-what-why-where-is-the-real-terminal) – Eliah Kagan Aug 15 '13 at 22:29
  • I was able to remount the root shell to read write with mount -o remount,rw / . I ran that with networking and was able to install unity. Im now working on starting unity, but I should be able find that somewhere. It may also be a graphics driver error as indixated by other unity missing forums. – user184375 Aug 16 '13 at 00:19

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Use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go in tty1 and run whichever command you wish. To come back in tty7 (where the graphic environment is usually running), use Ctrl+Alt+F7.

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Radu Rădeanu
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You can try reinstalling the ubuntu desktop. You can use Ctrl+Alt+F1 Enter your username then password

then you can do this to reinstall unity and terminal :)

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
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  • This will only reinstall the meta-package for the Ubuntu desktop. The programs and configuration files that make up the desktop stay untouched. – David Foerster Nov 03 '14 at 13:09