"Error : HUD service not connected."

[Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK]

In "ALT" action appears
"Error : HUD service not connected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity-2d-shell 5.12.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 10 09:43:52 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-2d-shell
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-2d
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-09 (0 days ago)

[Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK (hasantayyar)]

Fixed with:
   unity --reset

Curroption of the relase update process causes this error.

[Renato B (renatob)]

Is there a permanent fix for this? I mean if I open a terminal and type that it works, but the terminal is hooked to the command and when I close the terminal is back to the error you mentioned.
So basically every time I have to run that in a terminal and keep it hooked to make Unity work properly.

[Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK (hasantayyar)]

unity -reset was a permanent solution for me.