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  1. Bug #762478
  2. Comment #58

Comment 58 for bug 762478

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winger (rcasey-winger) wrote : Re: [nouveau] No icons shown in unity launcher

I just noticed that Compiz is using the Nouveau driver even though it is not installed. I am using Nvidia 173, forcing Unity to start and have the same issue of no icons in launcher.
Here is output from compiz_check:

Gathering information about your system...
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
Driver in use: nouveau
Rendering method: Nvidia

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...
Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [WARN] Something potential problematic has been detected with your setup: Warning: Detected driver is not on the whitelist. Would you like to know more? (Y/n)

Anybody have a solution for this?