Unity launcher flickering immediately after upgrade

[Paul D'Ambra]

Binary package hint: unity

upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 and unity flickers. It's flickering and hiding constantly. Very difficult as a result to select anything on it. The launcher was also larger than my screen height

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.4.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 29.592057] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
 [ 1253.562393] exe (3179): /proc/3179/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/3179/oom_score_adj instead.
 [ 1408.213509] CE: hpet increased min_delta_ns to 20113 nsec
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1366x768
 edid-base64: AP///////wAw5EgCAAAAAAATAQOAFg14Ch7lmFpTlSYcUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhtWYFAAFjAwIDUA4H4AAAAbAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBMRyBEaXNwbGF5CiAgAAAA/ABMUDEwMVdIMS1UTEI0ABQ=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat Feb 26 18:38:06 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2011-02-26 11:33:31.254650
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.35-25-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-5-generic, i686: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3632]
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3632]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Mini 5101
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/unity --reset
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-5-generic root=UUID=7959b609-74e9-4a1f-acf7-60f963523617 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/unity', '--reset']
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
Title: unity crashed with AttributeError in reset_unity_compiz_profile(): 'str' object has no attribute 'get_string'
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 09/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DGI Ver. F.02
dmi.board.name: 3632
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 34.0F
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU9322GC3
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DGIVer.F.02:bd09/25/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPMini5101:pvrF.02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3632:rvrKBCVersion34.0F:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Mini 5101
dmi.product.version: F.02
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1~git20110215.cc1636b6-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu11
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu5

[Paul D'Ambra (paul-dambra)]

removed a couple of docked items so bar wasn't taller than screen. rebooted and no flickering anymore

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #719370, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.