login ok but Unity desktop does not show after login (Lenovo x220i, i915)

[rngadam]

Similar to Bug #1047306, but that one has been closed as "fixed" with the same package version.

Tried downgrading unsuccessfully. Only reason I'm able to write this is that the browser comes up when reporting a bug. I've attempted downgrading to mesa 8.0.2 by apt-get install <package>=<version> for each mesa package to no effect.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sat Sep 22 09:44:50 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MachineType: LENOVO 428628B
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-15-generic root=UUID=70ba15b1-27aa-42d5-8d00-e6c1924d683e ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/07/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET50WW (1.20 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 428628B
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET50WW(1.20):bd07/07/2011:svnLENOVO:pn428628B:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn428628B:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 428628B
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.2+stagingbzr3379ubuntu0+3297
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.8-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu1
---
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CrashDB: unity
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
Package: unity 6.6.0+stagingbzr2735ubuntu0+785
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Tags: quantal rc-6.6.0+stagingbzr2735ubuntu0+785
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip disk lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[rngadam (rngadam)]

this is what my Unity desktop look like. Only difference between mesa version 8 and 9 is the color of the background (8=black, 9=blue).

[rngadam (rngadam)]

As a workaround, I selected "Gnome (no effects)" at the login screen.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for the bug report. It seems unity is not installed on your system. Can you please try to install unity and see if the issue is fixed for you. (sudo apt-get install unity)

[rngadam (rngadam)]

OK, I'll try reinstalling unity.

Right now, after an update, looks like Quantal has dependencies problems (I'll retry later):

$ sudo apt-get install unity
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 unity : Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20120920
         Recommends: unity-lens-photos but it is not going to be installed
         Recommends: unity-lens-shopping but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

[Winael (vinzjobard)]

Hi,

I've exactly the same issues since an upgrade befoire the WE.

I'm using the PPA Unity-team-staging-quantal

Unity seems to be uninstall, I don't know why and I can't reinstall it because on the dependance on compiz-core-abiversion-20120920

BR,
Winael

[rngadam (rngadam)]

I've been able to complete the unity install as of today.

When I log in, problems expresses themselves by labels "ghosts" when I hover on the launch bar icons and "ghost windows" when I move or close an application.

Again, my workaround is to use Gnome Classic (no effects).

[rngadam (rngadam)]

apport information

[rngadam (rngadam)]

apport information

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

so i will close this bug. I think now the staging ppa is fixed.