As it turns out this wasn't a bug in Unity or Compiz, but a double unref in dee.
** Changed in: unity Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: unity Assignee: Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury (smspillaz) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709264 Title: Unity freezes when launched with places installed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs