Jul 25, 2018 Ok so I am trying to restart the scene on R being pressed and for some reason, I am getting errors like, well in the unity console: 'unexpected symbol ' '. How to restart scene properly Hey. So I know that I could simply restart my scene by getting the name of the scene and putting it in some script, but I want to use a script that will work on multiple scenes that checks the current scene and restarts it without requiring a scene name.
I've been messing around with Unity and broke something, how do I 'start over'?
Jorge CastroJorge Castro
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The following command does not work on newer distributions (as the reply is
ERROR: the reset option is now deprecated
).For 12.04 and older
The simplest way is to hit 'open a Terminal' or hit Alt-F2 and run the command:
Kees CookKees Cook
I, along with jokerdino and amithkk have created a python script that cleanly resets Unity for Quantal and above.
The script is now bundled with Unity Tweak Tool. You can install it using
To reset Unity, do
Note - if this does not resolve your Unity issues then the following Q&A may apply to you:
What happens behind the scenes?
Simple. We chase each individual setting that Unity uses, and reset them to their default values, and then reload unity to apply changes. Ah yes, we also kill Unity and compiz before we start, since it is known to get tricky if we change settings under compiz's nose.
Why is this better compared to using dconf-editor
or dconf reset
?
- Didier Roche (didrocks), the author of unity python wrapper says
dconf reset
does not work in all cases. - The consensus among Unity developers is that the settings be modified using Gsettings instead of dconf directly.
What exactly is dconf
?
A little history
- The configuration settings were managed by gconf earlier.
- Gnome provides Gsettings as a replacement for gconf.
- Gsettings is a high level api that manipulates the settings stored in a backend.
- Unity stores its settings in the backend dconf since it can be loaded much faster than gconf.
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MaheshMahesh
As Kees said, running
unity --reset
will reset all of the launcher options, but it won't remove your custom favorites. To also remove any launchers you've added to the launcher, run Or manually by:
I would recommend running the gsettings command before
unity --reset
, so that you won't have to restart unity for the gsettings key reset to take effect.Community♦
Alex LauniAlex Launi
Try to do this:
- Login into Ubuntu
- Open a terminal by hitting Ctrl + Alt + T
- Insert and run this commands:
- Restart, this should work.
eNryeNry
For Ubuntu 12.10 (Revised, again)
OK, here it is. You can use 'dconf reset' as previously outlined and will do exactly what 'unity --reset' used to do.
Then restart:
Apparently it would actually be better to stop compiz before using the 'dconf reset'. Which I'm currently working on.
![Unity Restart Scene Unity Restart Scene](/uploads/1/2/4/7/124794771/893881716.jpg)
You can also look at the settings you have:
To reset the unity icons you can still use
This information is from a variety of sources, after much googling.
fabricator4fabricator4
Install ubuntu tweak. The beauty of ubuntu tweak is that you can save desktop and application settings and restore after you messed something up. It also has a function to go back to original settings.
dago dago
If you've messed with the indicators and need to reset those see this question:
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Jorge CastroJorge Castro
Sometimes people accidentally turn off the Unity plugin or setting an unsupported option in CCSM can cause it to break.
You can turn it back on by following these directions:
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Jorge CastroJorge Castro
For 12.10 — 13.04 [maybe older]
I use this workaround to reset the unity configuration. But with Unity, it resets all configurations such as the custom wallpaper, themes, icon themes etc.
- Delete the user specific dconf database file:
- Then Logout and Login again.
IMPORTANT! Be sure that you BACKUP this file, because you lose ALL Unity's settings and switch to default!
AnwarAnwar
For 11.10 and later
From http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Unity/FAQ
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RonramonRonramon
I ran across this thread after my Unity 2d desktop suddenly refused to display launchpad and title bar (for all users), for no apparent reason. Autohide was disabled. Reenabling Unity in CCSM as sugggested in other threads was part of the solution, but none of the other measures suggested in this and several other related threads, including, but not limited to:
helped me to completely resolve these symptoms.
would not work for me. After delivering a variety of error and information messages, it would always hang at:
as shown in the log posted in the thread titled 'unity has vanished' for unity run with no arguments.
I noticed that the error message delivered by:
was similar to some of the errors reported by unity --reset:
error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1:
After extensive searching, I found the following solution (courtesy of J.D. Bartlett):
This not only allowed both unity_support_test-p and unity --reset to run, it also allowed Unity 2d to start. Like the author of the above-mentioned post, I have no idea what caused my problems. I am also still not sure whether the link is a complete solution, or whether I should reinstall the graphics libraries completely, but since creating the link, everything has worked fine for a few weeks now.
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Muhammad HewedyMuhammad Hewedy
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