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  1. Bug #803943
  2. Comment #37

Comment 37 for bug 803943

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Hello all. Can you please verify the problem is specifically the Unity plugin? To do this...

1. Open a terminal and run "top". Verify the CPU usage is high before proceeding.
2. Run ccsm. If you don't have it then you need to install package "compizconfig-settings-manager".
3. In ccsm, untick the box for the Unity plugin. Your panel and launcher will vanish.
4. Look at the terminal window running top and verify the CPU usage for compiz has decreased to something more acceptable.
5. VERY IMPORTANT: Tick the box for the Unity plugin to enable it again.

If at any point you find that compiz crashes while ticking and unticking boxes you might end up in a state where Unity doesn't come back when you log in again. To fix this, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal, run ccsm, and tick the box for the Unity plugin. Alternatively, you can start ccsm from a virtual terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, log in, and then run "env DISPLAY=:0 ccsm".