unity does not start

[Robert Roth]

Binary package hint: unity

Using nouveau with an NVidia card, unity does not start. After entering my pasword and trying to log in with the Ubuntu Netbook Edition selected, the wallpaper is the only thing shown, there is no CPU activity, and the only thing to do is to restart X with Alt+PrintScreen+K.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: unity 0.2.28-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-17.23-generic 2.6.35.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 24 05:42:00 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity

[Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount)]

This occurs both in VirtualBox VMs and on my T61p (nvidia card) laptop. It does not occur on my Dell Mini 10v netbook (intel gpu).

[Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount)]

Is there a known workaround for this? I haven't been able to test out anything on Netbook edition since I can't get to a functioning desktop.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

You could try pressing Alt+Printscreen+K on the keyboard from the
nonfunctioning desktop to a login screen, and there you can set the window
manager from Netbook edition to Desktop edition.

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Ethan Bissett <email address hidden> wrote:

> Is there a known workaround for this? I haven't been able to test out
> anything on Netbook edition since I can't get to a functioning desktop.
>
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> unity does not start
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/623115
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> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> Using nouveau with an NVidia card, unity does not start. After entering my
> pasword and trying to log in with the Ubuntu Netbook Edition selected, the
> wallpaper is the only thing shown, there is no CPU activity, and the only
> thing to do is to restart X with Alt+PrintScreen+K.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: unity 0.2.28-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-17.23-generic 2.6.35.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-17-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Aug 24 05:42:00 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386
> (20100803.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: unity
>
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[Randy Winchester (randy)]

Is this the same bug as Bug #628828 ?

I just left the following on that page:

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I found this bug after an extensive search. I tried loading the ubuntu-10.10-beta-netbook-i386.iso on three machines. The ISO CD MD5 checksum is correct. When booting a live CD session, system boots to the background screen, but the mouse pointer and menus never appear. CTRL-ALT-F1 can get me to a terminal window. Hitting the power switch brings up the shutdown dialog box. Tried the live CD on three machines, all with some variant of Nvidia graphics cards. I performed an install on an HP TC1100 that went well, but I get the same results when the system boots - no menus or mouse pointer. All three of the systems I used for testing (two Dell desktops and the HP TC1100) are running 10.04 desktop with no issues.

Let me know if I can help by providing additional info and what you'd like to see.

[Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount)]

This appears to have been "fixed" by bug #614088. Now instead of unity not starting and being left with a blank wallpaper you are given an error that unity does not support your video adapter and you are booted to the login screen which will dump you into the standard desktop mode.

This is better than displaying nothing but I was under the impression if 3d hardware was not available an enlightenment based "unity" was supposed to show up. Whatever happened to that?

Anyways I'll mark this as a duplicate of #614088 since that fix corrected the literal issue presented here.

[Ethan Bissett (draimus-deactivatedaccount)]

In bug #614088 Mark Shuttleworth answered my question (posed by someone else) about what happened to the 2D Unity.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/614088/comments/30