====== Fix Ubunut Unity, compiz ====== Fix errors in ubuntu, unity, compiz When the Desktop is frozen and unusable, compiz killed or shut down in some unusual way you can restart it to gain some/full functionality. Login to a text shell (tty-1 to tty-6) by pressing STRG-ALT-1 to -6. > DISPLAY=":0.0" compiz --replace or > DISPLAY=":0" compiz --replace For restarting the GUI (because you can not reboot while someone else - you - is logged in) > DISPLAY=":0.0" unity --replace