@robprije: your suggested workaround in your post #5 above has fixed the problem for me. Thank you! I had the same symptoms on my workstation, and here is the relevant error message from syslog:
kernel: [ 1161.995672] compiz-config-p[11373]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fb3e82d6d6f sp 00007ffdb86ee480 error 4 in libcompizconfig.so.0.0.0[7fb3e82ae000+52000] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758009 Title: Unity not starting: compiz-config crashes on login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1758009/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
