I tooks the next stepand downgraded or removed all packages from the ppas: xorg-edgers, x-swat-updates, unity-team-staging, and ubuntu-toolchain-r-test. No effect... Here's a new summary and a new Dependencies.txt ProblemType: Bug .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.params: EnableVia4x: 0 EnableALiAGP: 0 NvAGP: 3 ReqAGPRate: 15 EnableAGPSBA: 0 EnableAGPFW: 0 Mobile: 4294967295 ResmanDebugLevel: 4294967295 RmLogonRC: 1 ModifyDeviceFiles: 1 DeviceFileUID: 0 DeviceFileGID: 0 DeviceFileMode: 438 RemapLimit: 0 UpdateMemoryTypes: 4294967295 InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations: 1 UseVBios: 1 RMEdgeIntrCheck: 1 UsePageAttributeTable: 4294967295 EnableMSI: 0 MapRegistersEarly: 0 RegisterForACPIEvents: 1 RegistryDwords: "" RmMsg: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,imgjpeg,decor,compiztoolbox,commands,imgpng,move,neg,widget,place,vpswitch,mousepoll,gnomecompat,regex,resize,obs,grid,text,animation,workarounds,wobbly,shift,fade,animationaddon,cube,scale,rotate,cubeaddon,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,scaleaddon,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CrashDB: unity Date: Tue Jul 17 22:35:28 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.40, 3.2.0-27-generic, x86_64: installed vhba, 20120422, 3.2.0-27-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device [1849:0122] NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] [10de:0a20] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Device [107d:2715] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120407) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-27-generic root=UUID=3f22dbab-9a50-4c6b-8593-91862b0e9356 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.20 dmi.board.name: Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 dmi.board.vendor: ASRock 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.:bvrP1.20:bd12/06/2011:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnZ68Extreme4Gen3:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3249-0ubuntu2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2