Unity not starting: compiz-config crashes on login
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After login I end up with an empty desktop, just a wallpaper.
- No panel,
- no dash,
- no window decorations.
- keyboard shortcuts not working.
Unity doesn't seem to start.
Feels like Bug #1741447 , but is less severe. At least Low Graphics Mode is working fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.5+16.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_
.tmp.unity_
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Mar 22 10:58:11 2018
DistUpgraded: 2016-04-22 18:36:32,349 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:029b]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:029b]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (1433 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 1810TZ
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (698 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: v1.3314
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: JM11-MS
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:
dmi.product.family: Intel_Mobile
dmi.product.name: Aspire 1810TZ
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Thu Mar 22 10:53:09 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.19.
xserver.
FYI
Apparently more people are affected, a high amount of visitors since March 2018 on this Askubuntu page, describing the same symptoms due to a bug January 2018. #1735594
https:/ /askubuntu. com/questions/ 992571/ gui-unity- crashing- in-16-04- lts-after- updates- 2018-01- 04-compiz- segfaults
This bug has the same symptoms, but is less severe and segfaults in libcompizconfig not compiz: config- p[3736] : segfault at 657461746f72 ip 00007fb7a2350d6f sp 00007fffa4bef830 error 4 in libcompizconfig .so.0.0. 0[7fb7a2328000+ 52000]
kernel: [ 554.941900] compiz-
Workaround: use low graphics mode, see workaround 3 on the Askubuntu page.