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unity/compiz fails to start on login

Bug #965670 reported by Curtis Hovey on 2012-03-26

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #963633: Unity 5.8: Login to blank screen (all black or just wallpaper). Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Unity no longer runs on my MacBookAir 4,2 since I upgraded on 2012-03-23. Login may update the background, but the panel and launcher never start. Unity-2d does work even with the open-gl features enabled. Up until this date, unity on precise has always worked.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,resize,mousepoll,imgpng,move,regex,grid,snap,place,wall,vpswitch,commands,animation,fade,scale,session,expo,workarounds,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Mon Mar 26 16:24:05 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-01-15 12:15:48,512 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookAir4,2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=be18758e-a70e-4fbd-b26b-0cab706d92f0 ro quiet splash i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-15 (71 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/24/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBA41.88Z.0077.B0F.1201241549
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookAir4,2
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBA41.88Z.0077.B0F.1201241549:bd01/24/2012:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookAir4,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-742912EFDBEE19B3:rvrMacBookAir4,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-742912EFDBEE19B3:
dmi.product.name: MacBookAir4,2
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Curtis Hovey (sinzui) wrote on 2012-03-26:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (64.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (678 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (7.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (117 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (2.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GraphicsCard.txt Edit (180 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (12.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (12.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (784 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (149 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (144.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (334.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (600 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (745 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (33.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
dmidecode.txt.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (331 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (285 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (918 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (52.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-06:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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