This bug was fixed in the package unity-control-center - 15.04.0+16.10.20160705.1-0ubuntu1
--------------- unity-control-center (15.04.0+16.10.20160705.1-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ] * CcAppearancePanel: read COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE value to choose the right settings path (LP: #1598770) [ Trent Lloyd ] * This patch fixes a crash when changing the default browser handler (LP: #1304388) -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <m...@3v1n0.net> Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:40:29 +0000 ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to nux in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598770 Title: Unity in low-graphics mode has animations and unneeded redraws Status in compiz package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in compiz source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in nux source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in unity source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in unity-control-center source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] When unity is in Low graphics mode (because of software rendering) there are still window animations and fade effects which we should get rid of. [Test case] This should apply naturally to a (virtual-)machine with no hardware acceleration or There are multiple ways to force low-gfx mode: 1) Add an upstart job such as: cat << EOF > ~/.config/upstart/lowgfx.conf start on starting unity7 pre-start script #initctl set-env --global UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1 initctl set-env --global LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 end script EOF 2) Run unity with: COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE=ubuntu-lowgfx On login unity should use opaque views (dash, switcher, launcher, shortcut-dialogs) with no fading and reduced effects. Windows should also use smaller shadows. [Regression potential] Some settings from unity-control-center couldn't be applied to normal profile. Low graphics mode might be used as normal one. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1598770/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp