[ubuntu-uk] unity - curiouser and curiouser .....

[Alan Pope]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 26/03/12 10:48, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there .....   After the Unity behaviour thread, things got even
> more interesting.  This morning, the login screen appeared in
> 12.04, and after logging in, I got only the background and cursor.
> No desktop or anything at all.

Known issue. Login to Unity 3D, switch to a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1
and login then issue:-

unity --reset

Then switch back to CTRL+ALT+F7.

> The only way out was ctrl-alt-f2 and shutdown. Logging in with 2d
> instead of 3d Unity works OK.  Even more curious, the nice
> 'dodging' feature I like so much in the launcher is still there. 
> Don't tell the development team though: they'll remove it!
> 

Unity 2D lags behind Unity a little so sometimes it takes a little
while for changes to ripple down.

Cheers,
- -- 
Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

Canonical - Product Strategy
+44 (0) 7973 620 164
alan.pope at canonical.com
http://ubuntu.com/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPcD8WAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wtIYH/3Bfx4jQ8nL0MbxW3B+BRHw8
6SL3vdhxQanKyA8ewa2QF/Jv8cG7xpaIyROF6bNLez+yOb9P9knrey7k9m1+/9nh
XFGhB7SaDd9g9+hmQk6l5mVcFXGMP4G6sDRbYoRLD3abdbxQ9pYFhR8ACzgmS1jL
/uj5EWf4Bxl5ujOEO1tzILRBfVWAcNlntGKcH7oQDm4A9hVhzIOcBonqOAQ4yK6K
VOKvSyaWlu9AtZvh0n86l7UE+iEyHte3Et2nTsCiqAyKffPV4y8UfyUALWu+QfEP
n7jfrHVFHLAGspcnZqNPkjG4vGhH9JMnvgOOMkUtG26HCanHfWdv/BN6/GwYcmI=
=wCYz
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----