Public bug reported: I was switching from Fedora 23, and my /home directory is in a separated partition, the same that I've choose to Ubuntu 16.04.1, so after the installation on the first login, the Unity failed to start, only the background was showing.
When I opened the terminal and hit ls, the following message was shown: Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls' The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable. ls: command not found So only /bin/ls to work So I've set /bin on /etc/environment, but didn't work PATH="/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games" Executing the command unity on the terminal works, a little buggy :( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160715-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Sep 22 18:20:10 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [103c:172a] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-22 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0007 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS451 Fingerprint Reader Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8440p PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 16-bit PC Card Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia" ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic root=UUID=59050a1a-ffea-42e2-83e4-ad6fefdfa622 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68CCU Ver. F.11 dmi.board.name: 172A dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 30.31 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: BRG107FRFQ dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CCUVer.F.11:bd11/25/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8440p:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn172A:rvrKBCVersion30.31:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8440p dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Sep 22 18:08:00 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 530 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 ubuntu xenial ** Attachment added: "Terminal without window" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1626753/+attachment/4746509/+files/Screenshot%20from%202016-09-22%2018-11-31.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1626753 Title: Unity don't start after fresh installation, inoperable system, incomplete $PATH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1626753/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs