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["Brian J. Rohan" <963633@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Daniel,

I could use some serious help reporting this bug, which I have had for at
least a month now. I have reported this several times, however, each time,
it gets changed as a report as another bug already reported. That bug is
then "fixed", and I still have the same issue.  In all probability, I am
simply not reporting the issue correctly. I am relatively new to
Linux/Ubuntu, and while I have a heart to help out, my skills are still
lacking.

Here is my issue, which has become more difficult to report as you will see
why:

I am running a dual boot laptop with Windows Vista and Ubuntu 12.04.  When
this first started, I booted my laptop, and was greeted with a black screen
upon the boot finishing. I was able to reboot into the recovery mode, then
select boot normal, and I could log into what I could best figure was Unity
2D?  I am not sure, it worked, I had 2 desktops (vs 4), and when I went
into MyUnity it says I am not in 3D mode (which I apparently was in before
because I did not get that error message before).

After a few updates, when booting my computer I was able to see my desktop
background with my icons on it, however nothing else happened. The next
time I updated, same scenario, except I would be asked for my keyring
password, and then receive and error message saying there was no task
panel, the system needs to exit. There was indeed no task panel, and I
could/can not get the launcher to work by pressing the windows key, nor do
any shortcut keys work (ctrl-alt-T for terminal, etc).  Now my issues, is
when I log into recovery, I can no longer report bugs. Before I was able to
press Alt-F2, type in approot-bug, which would bring up a menu for bug
reporting which I could work through and viola, bug report submitted
(although apparently I was giving misinformation). Now when I try to use
approot-bug, I get the menu asking me what kind of issue to report (X,
storage, other etc.), no matter which I select, the error collecting
progress bar appears, then hangs, after 15 minutes or so I give up, cancel
out, and reboot into recovery.

What are your suggestions?

Thank you for taking the time to read, and help me out.




On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Daniel van Vugt
<963633@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Brian, you are describing a problem different to this bug. Please log a
> new bug. Thanks...
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (969289).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/963633
>
> Title:
>  Unity 5.8: Login to blank screen (all black or just wallpaper)
>
> Status in Compiz:
>  Won't Fix
> Status in Compiz Core:
>  Fix Released
> Status in Unity Distro Priority:
>  Fix Committed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
> Status in “compiz” source package in Precise:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “unity” source package in Precise:
>  Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>  WORKAROUND/FIX:
>  unity --reset
>
>  TEST CASE:
>  Edit ~/.gconf/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/%gconf.xml and add an
> entry AFTER composite and BEFORE opengl for a dummy plugin name that does
> not exist. Log out and in again.
>
>  ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
>  After the update earlier today to Unity 5.8, I've found that when I try
> logging into Unity 3D, all I get is a solid black screen and my mouse
> cursor. I know it loaded some sort of desktop though, since I could still
> hit Ctrl+Alt+T and blindly type `sudo reboot` followed by my password to
> make my computer do a normal reboot.
>
>  I do not get the same problem with GNOME Shell or Unity 2D (the latter
>  of which I'm using now to report this bug), although for both the
>  screen does temporarily turn black but only for a moment. Unity 5.6 3D
>  used to work perfectly fine for me.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>  Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
>  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
>  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
>  ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,imgpng,move,vpswitch,mousepoll,resize,snap,wall,grid,place,gnomecompat,regex,session,animation,expo,workarounds,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
>  CompositorRunning: None
>  Date: Fri Mar 23 22:47:44 2012
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: precise
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64
> (20111129.1)
>  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M61PME-S2P
>  ProcEnviron:
>   TERM=xterm
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic
> root=UUID=2d55fd3e-d932-47b9-abd6-a1fde1ec0453 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  dmi.bios.date: 11/03/2009
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: F6
>  dmi.board.name: M61PME-S2P
>  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>  dmi.board.version: x.x
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF6:bd11/03/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnM61PME-S2P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM61PME-S2P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
>  dmi.product.name: M61PME-S2P
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1
>  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
>  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2
>
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  Unity 5.8: Login to blank screen (all black or just wallpaper)

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