Hi Colin, The Compiz opengl plugin is not loading, which is obvious:) So I've been thinking about why it's not loading on your machine. The "old hardware" in the bug title got me wondering what type of graphics hardware is in the system. I just now noticed that you wrote that you have Intel 865 graphics. After looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units, this is Intel 2nd generation graphics and supports OpenGL 1.3.
Compiz/Unity require OpenGL 1.4 and above in order to work. The crapping out of the opengl plugin is not very friendly, but this is what is happening. I think you said that you tried forcing llvmpipe, but that didn't work, so I'm not really sure what you can do at this point. For confirmation, try issuing /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p and see what it says. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212821 Title: Unity fails to load on old hardware on Saucy Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On logging in I see just the wallpaper with no top panel and no launcher. Note that this is not bug #1066764 (Unity fails to load on old hardware (compiz enabling LLVMpipe has no effect and Mesa tries to use hardware still)) as compiz is at 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu4 and the errors for that bug are not seen in .xsessionerrors. .xsessionerrors only contains Script for cjkv started at run_im. Script for default started at run_im. The graphics is an intel 865 chipset. Xorg.0.log attached ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: unity 7.1.0+13.10.20130813.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.5-generic 3.11.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Thu Aug 15 20:41:24 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-15 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130815) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1212821/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
