This keeps happening pretty often. The workaround of killing the 100%-cpu-consuming Compiz process in a ctrl+alt+f1 terminal always works, and systematically, after that, after the boot completes, the desktop will be empty. To fix that too, I open a terminal, look for a Nautilus process running, kill it, and then open a normal nautilus window. At that point the desktop icons show up.
** Summary changed: - Whose OS froze during boot because of compiz eating up 100% CPU forever + Whole OS froze during boot because of compiz eating up 100% CPU forever ** 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/1743435 Title: Whole OS froze during boot because of compiz eating up 100% CPU forever To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1743435/+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