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The problem I have is that after I have entered my username and password, all I get is a blank desktop. No launcher and I am unable to click anything.

After some googling around, I switch to a console (Alt-F1) and run unity --replace. I then switch back to X console, and unity is running fine, and I can confirm it is unity-3d that is running (I am typing this from one of these manual sessions).

So, in desperation, I tried to install gdm instead. gdm seems to work, i.e. after login I get my desktop with launcher, but it is unity-2d and not unity-3d - even though the session is ubuntu and not ubuntu 2d.

So, how do I go about getting lightdm to automatically start unity-3d properly?

Some further info: If I switch to the discrete graphics card in Catalyst Control Centre, then the problem goes away (but my battery life drops drastically, and fans spin continuously).

I am not sure what info you need to help me out...

All I can tell you is that I have a laptop with switchable graphics. The 'onboard' graphics is an Intel HD3000 and the 'discrete' is a Radeon 6770M. I use the Onboard graphics (set via Catalyst Control Centre) as it eats a lot less battery.

Jorge Castro
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tardomatic
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  • Some further info: If I switch to the discrete graphics card in Catalyst Control Centre, then the problem goes away (but my battery life drops drastically, and fans spin continuously). – tardomatic May 19 '12 at 19:16

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Try:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm ubuntu-desktop

Eduardo Pinheiro
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  • Hi, thanks... I've tried that, but it does not seem to have helped – tardomatic May 20 '12 at 06:44
  • See my answer to this post: http://askubuntu.com/questions/139484/freeze-after-startup/139500#139500 . When this happen i had to make this but not only because of what your are happening to you. If you have time, and you know what you are doing, try it. – Eduardo Pinheiro May 21 '12 at 15:44
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Ok, I've solved it, so I thought I'd post here in case anyone else has a similar issue. The solution can be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930450&page=11 (Post 107)

Essentially, you need to change the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/10fglrx file to include the path for the intel drivers in the LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH variable. Once I did this, Unity3d runs without issue.

tardomatic
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