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[Justin Lebar <875400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I just upgraded to 11.10 from 11.04.

I opened the compiz config app and clicked "preferences". Before I could
do anything, my shell crashed.

Now when I try to log in using the Ubuntu shell, it doesn't fully load.
I get my desktop icons and a file menu at the top of the screen, which
appears to be for nautilus. But that's it.

I can log in with Ubuntu 2D without issue.

It appears that some configuration file may have been corrupted. When I
load the compiz config program from the Ubuntu 2D shell, click on
"preferences", and click the "Profile" drop-down-list, I see two
entries: "Default", and garbage characters. When I remove the profile
with the garbage name, another one comes to take its place.

Originally reported on the Ubuntu forums; a few other people are having this issue, but I didn't get a working fix there.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11345654

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  280.13  Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011
 GCC version:  gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
 
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,place,vpswitch,resize,grid,regex,animation,imgpng,gnomecompat,move,session,snap,mousepoll,workarounds,expo,wall,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sat Oct 15 20:42:50 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-14 00:43:45.423752
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 280.13, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 nVidia Corporation GF108 [Quadro 600] [10de:0df8] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0835]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision T1600
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=8ad8b720-9be4-4418-9980-86a891b128f9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (1 days ago)
XorgConf:
 Section "Device"
 	Identifier	"Default Device"
 	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
 EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 04/11/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 06NWYK
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/11/2011:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionT1600:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn06NWYK:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision T1600
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric regression-update running-unity ubuntu

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