Unity does not show launcher or status bar

[James Ramsay]

When logining in to the computer ubuntu fails to start unity. allows you to open the terminal though

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.20.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-37.58~precise1-generic 3.5.7.16
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-37-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom]
Date: Sat Aug 10 13:50:45 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Dario Bertini (berdario)]

Maybe this could be bug #1166765 ?
If it happens again, try to run `gsettings get org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/ active-plugins` on a terminal, if 'opengl' and 'unityshell' are missing it's probably it

[Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)]

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