On 26 November 2014 at 13:03, Alan Lord <alansli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26/11/14 12:00, Will Cooke wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, could you try resetting compiz's configuration: >> >> First "rm -rf ~/.compiz-1" if it exists >> Then run "gsettings reset-recursively >> org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/ " >> >> Then reboot (or restart lightdm) and see if it makes any difference. > > > Thanks Will, > > I'll try and do this later today (I am using my laptop for work right now - > gnome-fall-back is rather refreshing and quite usable) but can you tell me > if this will delete my personal settings for the Launcher and Unity before I > do? > >> I spoke to the Unity & Compiz maintainers, and they are looking to put >> back in a reset option to compiz to make this easier to fix, if indeed >> this does fix it. > > > This has happened to me a few times over the years for no obvious reason and > is a right PITA to get back as all my settings are invariably lost.
What settings have you changed? I wonder whether the fact that some settings are non-standard is a factor in the problem arising in the first place. I have never had to reset as far as I can remember, except when running beta versions once or twice. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/