13.10 - Black borders, black terminal

I was able to fix the black borders in Ubuntu 13.10 with the commands below. Although I did not have problems with terminal not showing text.

Reset compiz settings:

dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

Then restart Unity:

setsid unity

(Source)

I had the same problem. I fixed it by installing Mir, following these instructions:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/Installing

I had to use XTerm because Terminal was all black.