I've created a brand new user, login via "recovery console", start metacity and I see this. It also reproduces under Xephyr. i can't manage to get metacity to work at all.
** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794771 Title: metacity doesn't start, dies with "metacity:ERROR:ui/ui.c:754:meta_ui_get_default_window_icon: assertion failed: (default_icon)" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/794771/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs