Confirming for Compiz; in my case (running Unity) I log in, the workspace background is painted and that's it. SSH-ing in I can see the following in /var/log/syslog:
Jun 10 08:11:28 xango3 kernel: [50816.673566] compiz[28361]: segfault at 20 ip 00007fe46e30c57e sp 00007fffaae3f380 error 4 in libanimation.so[7fe46e2b9000+6e000] I also see these entries in ~/.xsession-error: ** (nm-applet:28368): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0 Initializing nautilus-gdu extension Initializing opengl options...done Initializing decor options...done Initializing place options...done Initializing grid options...done Initializing resize options...done Initializing imgjpeg options...done Initializing vpswitch options...done Initializing imgsvg options...done Initializing gnomecompat options...done (nm-applet:28368): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Initializing move options...done Initializing mousepoll options...done I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/cerdea/.compiz/session/107a5163fafa004145130771148277007500000282600043" Initializing session options...done gnome-session[28260]: WARNING: Application 'compiz.desktop' killed by signal gnome-session[28260]: WARNING: App 'compiz.desktop' respawning too quickly gnome-session[28260]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... Backend : gconf Integration : true Profile : unity Adding plugins Initializing core options...done Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 1 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 1 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 0 ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795524 Title: [Oneiric] Compiz no longer works after today update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/795524/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : compiz@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp