display issues

[Colin Law]

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.
>>>>
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>>>> 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