Ubuntu 16.04: No icons / launcher after login

post by mpb on Sep 5, 2018

Neither the desktop icons nor the launcher display after I log in.

First, try this:

 sudo rm -fr ~/.cache/compizconfig-1
 sudo rm -fr ~/.compiz
 sudo rm -fr ~/.Xauthority
 sudo rm -fr ~/.config/autostart
 sudo reboot

If the above doesn’t work, try this:

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
 sudo apt-get install unity
 sudo reboot