Ubuntu 12.04: Compiz Segfault

[Colin Law]

On 29 April 2012 18:51, Lawrence Houston <ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org> wrote:
> Ubuntu Users:
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Colin Law wrote:
>
>> On 29 April 2012 15:00, Lawrence Houston <ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/28/2012 11:06 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Lawrence Houston
>>>>> <ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After upgrading from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 the 3D Unity
>>>>>> Interface
>>>>>> NO
>>>>>> longer works, therefore I am restricted to using the 2D Interface.
>>>>>> Syslog is
>>>>>> reporting Compiz Segfaults, with compiz.desktop respawning too
>>>>>> quickly...
>>>>>>  After the Coloured Background appears, that is wiped clean leaving a
>>>>>> "Blank" Screen...  Very occasionally a Compiz Error pops up, although
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> disappears before I have time to read or interact with it...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Graphics Card is an NVIDIA GeForce 6200 and I had the same "Problem"
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> either of the currently available NVIDIA Drivers installed...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any IDEAs what is going "Wrong"???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have you run computer janitor yet to clean up after the upgrade? Ric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just ran Computer Janitor, but I still can NOT run Unity in the 3D Mode.
>>
>>
>> Try, in a terminal running
>> unity --reset
>> and log out and in again.
>> This should reset compiz settings which may help.  If still no joy see
>> what happens if you login as a different user.  That may indicate
>> whether it is a system wide problem or a problem with the users
>> config.
>
>
> Running "unity --reset" from a Terminal still does NOT allow me to run Unity
> in its 3D Mode...  I had already tried creating a "New" Account to see if
> there might have been some settings hanging around from when I last ran
> Unity 3D under Ubuntu 11.10, although there was NO "Difference"...

No need to shout, we are only trying to help.  Have a look in syslog
to see if there are any messages (use the Log File Viewer).  Note the
time at which you attempt to login so you can find the right bit of
the file.  If there are any error messages search on launchpad to see
if it is a known bug.

Colin