For me what helped was to re-create my home directory. Unfortunately I don't
know specific files or directories that need to be removed for unity to
start working. I suggest you back up your home folder, create an empty
directory instead of it, copy files from /etc/skel to your new home
directory, then after unity starts working, move things back. You will need
to reconfigure your session, but well, that shouldn't be such a big deal.

Good luck,
Balint

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Funnyguts <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi, I have the same problem as the original post. I have tried to backup
> and rename the folders mentioned in the previous post, but that did not
> get Unity working. I'm not sure where the files mentioned in post #10
> are located. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> (I am running an Asus EEE PC 1005 HA and upgraded from Maverick, if any
> of that matters.)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/753930
>
> Title:
>  Unity does not appear
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Incomplete
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  I just installed Ubuntu 11.04, and when I start up the system unity
> doesn't show up. I didn't need do anything.
>  The top bar is translucent but I don't see absolutely nothing, but when I
> click on it a menu shows up (the options of menu like save, preferences, not
> the topbar).
>  Side Bar is completely invisible, but when I click somewhere where the bar
> should be a program starts, like LibreOffice or Ubuntu One.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,place,move,session,regex,grid,compiztoolbox,resize,gnomecompat,snap,animation,mousepoll,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  DRM.card0.VGA.1:
>   status: connected
>   enabled: enabled
>   dpms: On
>   modes: 1440x900 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1152x864 1152x864 1024x768
> 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
>   edid-base64:
> AP///////wAebXdLAQEBAQESAQNqKRp46jIxo1dMnSURUFSnb4CVD5UAgYBxRwEBAQEBAQEBmimg0FGEIjBQmDYAmP8QAAAcAAAA/QA4Sx5TDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABXMTk1MgogICAgICAgAAAA/AAKICAgICAgICAgICAgAEc=
>  Date: Thu Apr  7 15:34:18 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  GraphicsCard:
>   Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
> [8086:29c2] (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics
> Controller [8086:29c2]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
>  InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=pt_BR:C:en
>   LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
> root=UUID=1b86cb07-2f23-4d65-81ef-3f30c9a7ee8a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
>  ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Renderer: Unknown
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  dmi.bios.date: 06/12/2008
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
>  dmi.bios.version: PRG3110H.86A.0052.2008.0612.1910
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
>  dmi.board.name: DG31PR
>  dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
>  dmi.board.version: AAD97573-205
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrPRG3110H.86A.0052.2008.0612.1910:bd06/12/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG31PR:rvrAAD97573-205:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110406-0ubuntu1
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu6
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6
>
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