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. -- 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/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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1490277/+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
