Public bug reported: I've been using 16.04 since January, but a recent upgrade broke the unity desktop. I only get the background image, no top or side bar. I installed the gnome shell as an alternative, gnome shell crashes on login. For now, I'm using dwm as a workaround.
Please let me know if you need anything else to fix this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-999-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: /dev/mapper/sda6_crypt: clean, 402437/2433024 files, 8915452/9723648 blocks CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Sun Apr 24 11:51:17 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.8: added nvidia-361, 361.42: added EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Skylake Integrated Graphics [1458:d000] NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] [10de:13c2] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] [1043:8508] GsettingsChanges: b'com.canonical.Unity' b'minimize-count' b'69' b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'scaling-factor' b'uint32 1' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-01 (113 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151209) Lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c525 Logitech, Inc. MX Revolution Cordless Mouse Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z170XP-SLI ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-999-generic root=UUID=0637cac8-150b-429a-8680-cc82cfae2cea ro recovery nomodeset SourcePackage: unity UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 5: Error: GLX is not available on the system UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/12/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F5 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z170XP-SLI-CF dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF5:bd10/12/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ170XP-SLI:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ170XP-SLI-CF:rvrx.x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: Z170XP-SLI dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Sun Apr 24 11:26:42 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574210 Title: blank desktop on 16.04 on live and installed system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1574210/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs