no launcher, no panel with Radeon 4670/RV730XT @2560x1600

[Jason Gerard DeRose]

Binary package hint: unity

Just did an in-place upgrade from 10.10. When I log into Unity, at first I only see the wallpaper. Then after perhaps 10 seconds or so all the icons for the many files I have in ~/Desktop appear.

But neither the launcher nor panel ever appear. This is my first time testing Unity, so perhaps I'm missing something obvious. Please let me know if there is additional information needed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.2.16-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fdbdfcded0c0bb479a6b52e9ec5af131
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
DRM.card0.DIN.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Fri Jan 28 05:41:36 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2011-01-27 20:35:15.746573
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:2003]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic root=UUID=52a489db-f208-408b-a28b-792623111a2f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
SourcePackage: unity
UnitySupportTest:

dmi.bios.date: 03/17/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1004
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P6T WS PRO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1004:bd03/17/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TWSPRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu1

[Jason Gerard DeRose (jderose)]

lp:687660 might be a duplicate of this bug. I'm not OpenGL savvy enough to say for sure, so I'm not marking this as a duplicate just yet.

[Jay Taoko (jaytaoko)]

The GPU (Radeon HD 4670) is capable of running Unity and there is no report of a crash. The issue does not seem to be OpenGL related.

[Jason Gerard DeRose (jderose)]

As of yesterday, I'm no longer having this problem. Should I mark bugs as invalid?

[Jörgen Lidholm (jorgen-lidholm)]

I have the same problem on a Dell Precision M65 with nVidia Corporation G72GL [Quadro FX 350M] (rev a1) graphics card.
I've had this problem since Beta 1 and still after the upgrade to Beta 2 with nvidia-current-270.41.03.

How can I help triage this problem?

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Closing as the original reporter is not facing it anymore. Anyone else please report a new bug using 'ubuntu-bug unity' terminal command