that's because unity is the desktop environment. We should rather look
into fixing unity from crashing.
** Changed in: unity
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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Title:
Closing unity renders the system unusable
Status in Unity:
Invalid
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
When unity is closed, either because of a crash or some other reason,
all desktop elements are gone, except open windows and the desktop
background. The keyboard becomes unusable, and only the mouse still
works.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open unity from a terminal. This can be done by executing "unity
--replace".
2. When unity has restarted, press Ctrl+C into the terminal to close unity.
Unity will now disappear, leaving the system in a state as described above.
This happened to me once, because I accidentally closed Unity. None of the
regular keyboard shortcuts worked, and I was struggling to get my computer
working again. Fortunately, since my mouse still worked, I was able to scroll
upwards in the terminal, and, using right-click, copy and paste back in the
"unity --replace"-command.
This can be a real problem if Unity for some reason crashes, or the user
accidentally closes it. While I was able to get it back to normal, I was only
lucky to still have the command listed in the terminal, and this certainly not
an intuitive solution for a person not familiar with the terminal.
As far as I can tell, this can be easily solved by making unity
restart automatically if it is closed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,vpswitch,resize,mousepoll,regex,animation,workarounds,imgpng,place,gnomecompat,move,imgsvg,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,grid,session,wall,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Jul 5 23:05:46 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-05-01 20:48:21.406593
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.35-28-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f] (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device [1631:c108]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
(20101007)
MachineType: Packard Bell BV EASYNOTE_MX52-B-701NCD
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=nb_NO:en
LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
root=UUID=b8071c60-daa7-4d69-b942-4ac5a6cdf232 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-01 (65 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/23/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 210
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: T12UV
dmi.board.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: PACKARD BELL BV
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr210:bd10/23/2007:svnPackardBellBV:pnEASYNOTE_MX52-B-701NCD:pvr94E07691:rvnPACKARDBELLBV:rnT12UV:rvr1.0:cvnPACKARDBELLBV:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EASYNOTE_MX52-B-701NCD
dmi.product.version: 94E07691
dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell BV
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
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