To get unity working I do: Ctrl+Alt+F1 Kill all compiz processes ( kill -9 flag only works ) nohup compiz & kill all unity processes nohup unity &
After that I can use unity as normal. -- 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