I switched to LinuxMint 13 Maya after two things happened. First, Ubuntu still hasn’t given way with the whole Unity spiel. Then after upgrading my Xubuntu 11 install to 12, I was having performance issues on a $1,200 machine.
So I gave LinuxMint Maya a run and really enjoyed it. After a reboot I noticed all my system menus, buttons, and title bar were gone like so:
After some frustration trying to find an answer, I did manage to find a solution. It seems that the .cache folder in your user’s directory is corrupted. The easiest way to fix this:
Rebuild the user cache directory
1 2 | $ cd /home/{$user} $ sudo mv .cache .cache-backup |
$ cd /home/{$user}
$ sudo mv .cache .cache-backupNow restart, and you’ll have a new cache directory automatically generated. Simple!
I found the solution, and it was quite simple!
=== Symptom ===
The taskbar disappears, and the system seems to be frozen.
=== Cause of the problem ===
The system is not frozen; what happened is that the screensaver and the screen unlock dialog were activated in the background, and are waiting for your password to unlock.
=== Solution ===
Just type your password!
You can’t see the unlock dialog, but it is there, waiting for your input.
=== Works in ===
Linux Mint version: 14 (nadia) with Cinnamon, 64-bit
Thanks for this solution, it definitely worked for me, while others I came across on the web were no use. One minor tweak – I found that the Terminal was also inaccessible, and that to change that I had to choose ‘Xfce session’ instead of ‘last session’ on the login screen.