Public bug reported:
Each time this bug has cropped up, the session has been running for
quite a while. I run an interactive session via VNC, as as such the
auto-hide for the launcher must be turned off. At some point, the left-
side launcher rectangle gets repeatedly drawn while interacting with
applications (the mouse is not positioned within the launcher rectangle
as this happens), and soon after, the left-side launcher rectangle
appears almost completely blank (only highlighted background drawn
there), with just the barest hint of what appears to be launcher icon
partially visible at the top.
Running "unity --reset" does not restore the launcher. Attempting to
log-out and log-in again doesn't work because auto-log-in doesn't auto-
log-in after a log-out. In this state the launcher cannot be operated to
start additional applications or restore visibility of minimized
windows. The only recovery I've been able to perform is a system reboot.
This bug is made worse by three other longstanding problems:
1) Auto-hide of the launcher is broken under VNC, and
2) auto-log-in doesn't operate after a log-out, and
3) vino-server doesn't start until log-in/auto-log-in.
I'll try to submit these as additional bugs
A screen-shot exhibiting the sorry state of the display when the bug
occurs is attached.
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "Screen shot"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080102/+attachment/3436712/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-11-17%2007%3A09%3A36.png
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unity launcher drawing almost completely blank
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