(SOLVED) Desktop disappeared

I tried KDE Plasma Desktop amd when i uninstalled it the uninstallation took a lot of system files with it. I've managed to get Gnome and Gnome Classic working but in the Zorin sessions (default and no effects) there is just the wallpaper and no panels or menu dialogues etc. Have tried several methods of getting a desktop back but so far been unsuccessful. Does anyone know whether there is a method particular to Zorin OS9 so that i get a desktop back? At the moment i'm working in Gnome session but i miss Zorin! Thx.

Hi, if worst comes to the worst you can always reinstall after backing up any critical data. This may show you what has been removed:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-lin ... og-viewer/

But let's first take a look at Synaptic (Menu | System Tools | Administration | Synaptic) - you will be asked for your login password to get 'root' privileges. Search for Zorin - check mark any packages and 'Apply' the changes.

Afterward, close Synaptic, open a Terminal (Menu | Accessories | Terminal) and enter:

Code:

suod apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then make sure you have a wired connection, make sure that your sources for updates is set to 'Main Server', reboot but select the second Menu item in 'GRUB' then click on Advanced recovery mode and select 'DPKG' at end, turn off the computer and reboot.

Keep us posted!

Thx for replying so quicklly Swarfendor. But your suggestion didn't work. This is so frustrating because i KNOW that everything is there except for there being no blasted Zorin desktop! I don't want to have to reinstall because i know that everything IS there. But if i have to reinstall then i have to and it serves me right....

Hi the same thing happened to me after I installed 'gnome-ful'! Basically this is the best advice I can offer to any forum member - if you try and install a package and you see a substantial amount of apps, libraries etc listed as going to be remove DON'T install the package!

Hi,

start in recovery mode and activate "Network" (a network cable is required), then go to "root" and enter the following command:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kde-full

Restart with Ctrl + Alt + Del, don't click on resume.

I cannot say whether this will work but it is worth a try!.

See the update guide for more info and other possibilities to recover your desktop:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

One command you can try is the following:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -f

Let us know if it helps.

Thx Wolfman. I tried no end ot things to try to get my desktop back - even ending up with Ubuntu 14.04 - but in the end i cut my losses (and time) by reinstalling.

Did you install "Kubuntu" on top of Zorin OS per chance?, that would cripple any Zorin OS system!.

Have marked as solved!.

I think i must have inadvertently installed KDE over Zorin OS. Hence the crippling.

the package "kde-full" is okay but not the full Kubuntu desktop packages!.

I thought i had only installed kde-full and when i purged it the package seemed to take a lot of my desktop files with it!

Purging can cause all sorts of problems, if you want to remove a package, use the following remove command:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove kde-full

(Replace kde-full with the package name of the app you want to remove!).

DO NOT USE THE PURGE COMMAND AS IT REMOVES ALL PACKAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN APP YOU ARE REMOVING THIS INCLUDES BITS YOU MAY STILL NEED!.

Ah. Good to kno thx.