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[Barry Drake <b.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

End of bug - please close this one.  But please consider making it a
Unity wishlist item.  No one I was in contact with could repeat the
problem.  I downloaded the latest daily-build of Wily, and tried
everything I could in the live session to break Unity.

I conclude that the problem occurred during the implementation of a
number of major changes to gnome, Compiz and the Unity plugin.

My wish: after the first release of Unity - before Maverick, I think.
We were promised some easy tools for editing lenses, and generally
customising Unity.  The best we got was the ability to make a limited
number of changes - mostly cosmetic.  I spent time way back studying the
Unity system, but the user needs to get pretty deep into the code to do
anything very much.

My main complaint is that there is now no working method I can find to
do a 'factory reset' of Unity.  I ended up re-installing the system.  I
normally work entirely in a development cycle as soon as the testing
version is available.  I am always able to restore all data if there is
a catastrophic failure. I expect to have to re-install at least a couple
of times during the cycle, but it's worth it to be able to report bugs
early.

Unity developers, please give us more control over the Unity
environment!  I felt almost like a Microsoft user!  I'd be very grateful
if one of the Unity developers could take the trouble to contact me so
we could exchange a couple of emails.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490277

Title:
  Unity dash fails to show applications

Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Immediately after removing interaction with all Google accounts
  (settings->online accounts), the Unity dash no longer showed any
  applications, only files recently accessed.  The launcher sidebar is
  unaffected, and the dash appears as normal but without access to
  applications.  I re-instated all the default online account setting
  with no effect even after re-booting.  I found in an Ubuntu wiki, a
  workaround for the same problem in 15.04, but this is not longer
  useable, as the '--reset' Unity commandline parameter, which was
  required, has now been removed.  So far, I can't find where this
  information is stored, and there is no useful item to edit in the
  Unity plugin as seen in cssm.  I am willing to try anything suggested
  and report.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: unity 7.3.2+15.10.20150627.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
  Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Aug 30 14:39:32 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-30 (30 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150730)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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