Unity launcher does not display after live CD boot

[peterzay]

Binary package hint: unity

This is a follow-up to Bug #737963 but on different hardware. Also, the failure is less dramatic in that a functional desktop is presented (see screenshot). The only changes from default are clock options from UTC to NY and more info: day, date.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Mon Apr 4 13:02:31 2011
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110402)
LiveMediaBuild_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110402)
LiveMediaBuild__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110402)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu1
---
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
DistroCodename: natty
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110402)
LiveMediaBuild_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110402)
LiveMediaBuild__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110402)
Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Tags: natty natty natty ubuntu
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu1

[peterzay (peterzay)]

The /var/crash directory is empty.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

I have tried 3 boots. All 3 have the same behaviour. This problem is definitely reproducible, at least on this hardware.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

can you run 'apport-collect 750511' in a terminal so that this bug have some information about your system. Also I think either your graphics card does not support Unity or you do not have the driver install, Note: if you have nvidia you need to install the proprietary drivers for unity to work.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

apport information

[peterzay (peterzay)]

apport information

[peterzay (peterzay)]

apport-collect 750511 appears to have crashed. See attached log of terminal session.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

On boot number 4, I did not get the Unity launcher as in the 3 previous boots, I also got the following error message:

The panel encountered a problem while loading "IndicatorAppletCompleteFactory::IndicatorAppletComplete".
Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?

I selected Don't Delete.

See attached screenshot.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

This machine has an ATI Radeon 9200. The driver it uses would be Ubuntu default. That default would be the Ubuntu 10.10 on the HDD and whatever default Ubuntu 11.04 2-apr-2011 beta uses on the live CD.

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

can you launch /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p and copy the output there? (apport would have collect that if you answer to the question "is your issue a graphical one" to yes :)

[peterzay (peterzay)]

I did answer yes to the graphical data collection question. Here is the output of /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (RV280 5961) 20090101 x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.1

Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: no
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: no

Unity supported: no
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[Alex Launi (alexlauni)]

your system cannot run unity, see the output you posted from the unity support test. you may want to try the proprietary fglrx drivers, but i don't actually know if that will fix it or not, it could be a hardware limitation.

[peterzay (peterzay)]

In the past, Ubuntu ran on almost all hardware. Ubuntu and Unity are open source products. If they no longer run on open source drivers, that is a bug.