Public bug reported: At login, Unity fails to start, leaving me with just the top panel, permanently showing the Desktop menus, and the Desktop itself, but no launcher, no dash, no indicators and no keyboard shortcuts. The Desktop itself works, for example I can create a folder, open it and then open a file from Nautilus. Applications launched this way seem to work correctly, but no window management function is available.
If I run compiz --replace in a terminal from a Unity 2D session, I get this: Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no Backend : gconf Integration : true Profile : default Adding plugins Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.02.upgrade Initializing core options...done GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Connection is closed GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Connection is closed GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Connection is closed GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Connection is closed GConf Error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted: D-BUS error: Connection is closed (compiz:546): Gdk-WARNING **: The application 'compiz' lost its connection to the display :0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. I cannot run unity --reset because of bug #778470 This seems to be related to the latest unity or compiz update, as it happened on the first login after the update. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.16.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: (gconftool-2:6172): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-CDDpELkIiG: Connection refused Failed to get value for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins': No D-BUS daemon running Date: Fri Sep 16 08:57:45 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-09 (37 days ago) ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/851864 Title: Unity shell crashes on login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/851864/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs