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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #1154431
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1154431

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Amit Kucheria (amitk) wrote : Re: [Bug 1154431] Re: Unity doesn't start up

On 13 Mar 17, Rafal Cieślak wrote:
> I am affected by a bug which looks just as this one, and appeared in in
> apparently the same version of unity package, yet I can't tell if it's
> indeed the same - for I am using AMD graphics. If this is the same bug,
> I might provide additional information.
>
> Can you please share your output when running `unity`? In my case it
> complains - among many warnings and other info - that plugin 'opengl'
> failed to load. This seems to be a significant clue.

Uninstalling the nvidia binary drivers and sticking with nouveau along with
re-enabling the unity plugin from CCSM made unity reappear. Try to check if
the unity plugin in enabled first.

However, the nouveau driver has a whole new set of regressions. So the
desktop is pretty broken on 'R' currently.