Hi, Just to add to my previous comment (#40). I'm still experiencing problems and have the latest nvidia drivers installed. I tried running "unity --reset" as suggested in some posts I'd read from people experiencing similar problems. This gave the following:
WARNING: Unity currently default profile, so switching to metacity while resetting the values pkill: 12783 - Operation not permitted unity-panel-service(12896): Operation not permitted Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no Backend : gconf Integration : true Profile : unity Adding plugins Initializing core options...done compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x1200004 compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x26000b8 Initializing composite options...done Initializing opengl options...done Initializing decor options...done Initializing vpswitch options...done Initializing snap options...done Initializing mousepoll options...done Initializing resize options...done Initializing place options...done Initializing move options...done Initializing wall options...done Initializing grid options...done Initializing session options...done Initializing gnomecompat options...done Initializing animation options...done Initializing fade options...done Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done Initializing workarounds options...done Initializing scale options...done compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture Initializing expo options...done Initializing ezoom options...done (compiz:2630): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed Initializing unityshell options...done compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0xc000a1! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0xc000a4! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. WARN 2013-01-28 13:50:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-writer.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. WARN 2013-01-28 13:50:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-calc.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. WARN 2013-01-28 13:50:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-impress.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. WARN 2013-01-28 13:50:06 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. Initializing staticswitcher options...done ERROR 2013-01-28 13:50:06 unity.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Setting Update "main_menu_key" Setting Update "run_key" WARN 2013-01-28 13:50:45 unity <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application1932146384 The script has hung as well. I'm posting this here due to the "Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this." messages in the output. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945006 Title: Screen flickers heavily after upgrading to 12.04 beta 1 Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When the welcome screen is displayed, the screen begins to flicker heavily, regardless of the window manager used ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+10ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: dbc6882dda68b8df1834d327afebfa87 CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Fri Mar 2 19:57:40 2012 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-03-02 11:17:58.558053 DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30eb] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30eb] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 2730p ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=4fd44d04-58f5-4e98-96eb-7d9fed249cb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-02 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68POU Ver. F.08 dmi.board.name: 30EB dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 04.1D dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68POUVer.F.08:bd06/24/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook2730p:pvrF.08:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30EB:rvrKBCVersion04.1D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 2730p dmi.product.version: F.08 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/945006/+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
