Comment 10 for bug 711561

Well, the wall and cube plugins conflict already. The greater problem
here is that we want some kind of viewport switcher to be handy

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Jorge O. Castro <email address hidden> wrote:
> I'm tagging this bitesize if someone wants to take a stab at this. Right
> now enabling the cube is breaking the wall, which is what we enable by
> default, this is why it's conflicting when you try to turn the cube on.
>
> If someone wants to submit a fix that enables Unity to run the cube
> WITHOUT breaking the wall then that would be great.
>
> ** Tags added: bitesize
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711561
>
> Title:
>  Compiz won't allow Desktop Cube plugin to load with unity
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>  New
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: compiz
>
>  The cooperation of Compiz and Unity is great.
>
>  However, if you try to load the Desktop cube plugin, it asks you if
>  you want to disable the Desktop wall plugin. If you say yes, it wants
>  to disable the Unity plugin (which I'm guessing is a bad idea on a
>  Unity desktop).
>
>  IIRC, the Desktop Cube plugin once ran with unity. I remember running
>  a daily image a while a go (at least a month) and enabling the Desktop
>  Cube, alongside with Unity.
>
>  I'm really hoping that Compiz's signature (the Desktop Cube) won't go
>  away.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu7
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
>  Architecture: amd64
>  DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
>   status: connected
>   enabled: enabled
>   dpms: On
>   modes: 1280x800 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.VGA.1:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  Date: Tue Feb  1 14:57:40 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  GraphicsCard:   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30b7]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110127)
>  Lsusb:
>   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario F500 (GF606UA#ABA)
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=f1add3f0-0a81-4f8c-ac34-9dd6917e8bfb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  SourcePackage: compiz
>  UnitySupportTest:
>
>  dmi.bios.date: 12/05/2007
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.bios.version: F.1F
>  dmi.board.name: 30D3
>  dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
>  dmi.board.version: 65.3A
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
>  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.1F:bd12/05/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioF500(GF606UA#ABA):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30D3:rvr65.3A:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
>  dmi.product.name: Presario F500 (GF606UA#ABA)
>  dmi.product.version: Rev 1
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu1
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu1
>

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Sam Spilsbury