Comment 0 for bug 629721

Binary package hint: unity

When starting Ubuntu Netbook edition, it seems it expects drivers for desktop effects to be present. On an nvidia system running the default nouveau drivers as expected when first installing, this results on blank desktop.

Ctrl-Alt-Del shows the shudown dialog and CTRL-L locks the screen as expected, so Metacity should be loaded in such cases.

Workaround:

1) Press ctrl-atl-F1 to gain access to a console
2) Invoke metacity:
metacity &
3) Start gnome-panel:
gnome-panel &
4) Go back to the desktop with Ctrl-Alt-F7
5) Install the appropriate/missing drivers
6) Reboot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: unity 0.2.32-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Sep 3 14:11:09 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100902.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity