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I urgently need to reset Compiz to its default settings because my desktop doesn't show the Dash or menu bar.

When I type: 

dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

It says: 

error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY

Usage:
  dconf reset [-f] PATH

Reset a key or a dir. -f is required for dirs.

Arguments:
   PATH          Either a KEY or DIR
   KEY           A key path (starting, but not ending with '/')
   DIR           A directory path (starting and ending with '/')

What to do next?

Best regards

kos
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bruno
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export DISPLAY=:0.0

if you see

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

Error: Can't open display: :0.0

then

xhost +
SaintKnight
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You could replace your current instance of compiz with the following command from a tty.

DISPLAY=:0 compiz --replace

You can probably also do: 

DISPLAY=:0 dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
jhilmer
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    It didn't work

    DISPLAY=:0 compiz --replace compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: core compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: core No protocol specified compiz (core) - Fatal: Couldn't open display :0 compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: core compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: core

    DISPLAY=:0 dconf reset -f /org/compiz error: Error spawning command line 'dbus-launch --autolaunch=68be4fa5ac7f2cedb6855a8b5558734d --binary-syntax --close-stderr': Child process exited with code 1

     – bruno Jul 09 '15 at 00:10