No, that linked issue seems to be another problem. For this bug's issue, manually starting Unity as specified in the linked question works, while it doesn't for the person asking there (Unity crashes with an Illegal instruction).
On a side note the the desktop context menu works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to sddm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569357 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 - Unity DE broken when using SDDM to login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/1569357/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
