activating window previews compiz plugin makes unity crash

[Davide Lasagna]

As stated in summary.

pandora@deneb ~ $:apt-cache policy unity
unity:
  Installed: 3.2.6-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.2.6-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.2.6-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
pandora@deneb ~ $:apt-cache policy compiz
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Cheers,

Davide

[William A Ellerbe (waellerbe)]

I have an Acer Aspire 5516 with ATI Radeon graphics, and the AMD Athlon 64 bit mobile processor. Any time I try to make ANY change or simply try to apply a setting for Compiz Fusion within the Unity environment, the Unity interface will lock up for several moments, and will not respond to any keyboard or mouse commands. In order to regain control of my install of Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha, I am forced to press CTRL+ALT+F2 to enter a terminal window, followed by CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot my laptop. When Unity locks up after a change in Compiz Fusion, it doesn't respond to the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination while the GUI is present. Please let us know whether there's a solution for this.

[William A Ellerbe (waellerbe)]

What's the source code for a bug such as this?

[Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)]

Don't worry, it's a known issue in the unity plugin (it doesn't
correctly disconnect signals on unload)

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 5:00 AM, waellerbe <email address hidden> wrote:
> What's the source code for a bug such as this?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690716
>
> Title:
>  activating window previews compiz plugin makes unity crash
>
> Status in Unity:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  As stated in summary.
>
> pandora@deneb  ~ $:apt-cache policy unity
> unity:
>  Installed: 3.2.6-0ubuntu2
>  Candidate: 3.2.6-0ubuntu2
>  Version table:
>  *** 3.2.6-0ubuntu2 0
>        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> pandora@deneb  ~ $:apt-cache policy compiz
> compiz:
>  Installed: 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu3
>  Candidate: 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu3
>  Version table:
>  *** 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu3 0
>        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Davide
>
>
>

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Sam Spilsbury