Do you have the fglrx driver (for your AMD card) installed? Compiz crashes on my system when it is, so I get no unity when it is installed, and slow to the point of unusable unity when I remove it. Also tried using the latest version from amd.com but still no joy
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libx11 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061556 Title: compiz crashed with SIGABRT in assertion failure "!xcb_xlib_unknown_seq_number" from append_pending_request() [xcb_io.c:158] ... from XInitExtension() from XextAddDisplay() from ?? Status in Compiz: Confirmed Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “libx11” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On my T400 with ATI HD3000, I wanted to start unity manually ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Thu Oct 4 14:00:20 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-10-04 11:44:26,134 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 [Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series] [1002:95c4] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:210e] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: LENOVO 2768X16 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdline: compiz --replace ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=14c47cef-3530-4eb0-b04a-1b33e9479245 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: compiz StacktraceTop: raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 __assert_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 Title: compiz crashed with SIGABRT in raise() UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 22 Current serial number in output stream: 22 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-04 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 03/11/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7UET92WW (3.22 ) dmi.board.name: 2768X16 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET92WW(3.22):bd03/11/2011:svnLENOVO:pn2768X16:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn2768X16:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2768X16 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1061556/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp