unity dead

[Stephen M. Webb]

On 16-07-22 11:53 AM, Doug Stewart wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 11:43 AM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> A quick search found this possible solution:
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/759150/launcher-menubar-and-window-borders-disappeared-in-ubuntu-16-04
>>
>> In summary,
>>
>>    1. Type Alt-F10 and then open terminal from the menu that appears
>>    2. then type ccsm in to the terminal.
>>    3. in there search for unity plugin and enable it.
>>
>> It asks several questions because enabling it conflicts with another.
>> After enabling it the Unity launcher and menu bar should appear.
>>
> Yes i saw that and that did not fix it. unity is running just not working
> correctly.

How do you know it's running?  If the Launcher and decorations aren't being drawn, it sounds very much like Compiz is
not running.

Check to see if there is a crash log for Compiz in /var/crash.  If not, check ~/.xsession-errors and
~/.cache/upstart/unity7.log* for suspicious messages logged.

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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb at canonical.com>