No menus or launcher after upgrade to 12.04

[James Raney]

After upgrade to 12.04 from 11.01, most of Unity doesn't work:
No launcher
No menu bars (File...) etc

On first boot after upgrade, got an error in Compiz; bug report tool wouldn't work.
Cannot use Alt+F2 to open a Run window
I had an icon for Google Chrome on my desktop before upgrade; I can access those applications
I had icons for on the desktop prior to upgrade; nothing else is accessible.
This includes terminal window!

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Can you swtch to tty (ctrl+alt+f1) ?
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[James Raney (raneyj)]

On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 10:04 +0000, Fabio Marconi wrote:
> Hello
> Can you swtch to tty (ctrl+alt+f1) ?
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> Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
>

Yes, when I select "Ubuntu" before entering my password, the
system "attempts" to run Unity. What I see is a black screen
with a mouse pointer. If I try right-clicking, the screen will
briefly turn blue before returning to black.

Ctrl+alt+F1 does bring up a terminal window with a shell, so I
can run shell commands. Tried to get to a reboot with
sudo shutdown 1
but the system hung before powering down.

I am able to use the computer normally if I select the option
"Ubuntu 2D" at login time; that is how I am able to access
Evolution right now to return this email.

Jim Raney

[Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!