My session was still running netbook-launcher, which did nothing (no longer exists?). When I added /usr/bin/unity to my startup applications I get a grey background.
-- Unity displays an empty left bar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638053 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs