display issues

[G.]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 16 October 2011 15:31, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16 October 2011 15:16, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Bruce Pieterse <octoquadza at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Sun 16 Oct 2011 16:06:58 SAST, G.  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Colin Law<clanlaw at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 16 October 2011 14:40, PM<ubuntu.bkn at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I can login as guest and things seem to be working.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if you don't have any things to be taken as backup, try reinstalling.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There should be no need for that.  On the login page click the wheel
>>>>>>> above the password and select 2D and login.  See what happens then.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Colin
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can login as 2d.  Last time I tried I got in the but the display was
>>>>>> set at a very low resolution and there were no other options in
>>>>>> Display.  Looks fine now.  Can I recover 3d?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi G.
>>>>>
>>>>> When you log in to your normal account, can you open a terminal (CTRL + ALT
>>>>> + T) and type unity --reset. If it doesn't work I have another solution you
>>>>> could try.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best of luck,
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>
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>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> space between unity and -?  Is that two dashes?  No space between -- and reset?
>>>
>>> Correct on all counts
>>> unity  --reset
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>>
>>>> gary
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>>>
>>>
>>
>> Colin, reset did not work.  Error message Compiz (expo) failed to bind
>> image to texture
>>
>> There was another reference to expo after that, which seemed to work
>> fine.  The process never seemed to actually finish.  Was not sure how
>> long to wait.
>
> Does it look like this bug?
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/873599
> If so add yourself to the Affects Me list and add any other
> information you have.  Also add yourself to the notification list so
> you will see if it gets sorted.
>
> In the meantime probably best to stick with 2D, which to me seems more
> stable anyway and works just as well though maybe not quite so slick
> on the special effects.
>
> Colin
>
> --

Thanks Collin.  Looks similar to that bug.  I do not get as large a
read out in terminal.  Unity was fine in 11.04.

gary