Comment 14 for bug 711561

Joe, its not an issue in the gnome session so you can update to natty
without loosing the cube ;)

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Joe Bubba <email address hidden>wrote:

> This is terribly sad. Loss of the compiz cube is a MAJOR loss of
> functionality.
> By not designing functions and features around it from the start, the
> developers have made a huge mistake.
>
> I personally will have to stay with 10.10 until this oversight is
> corrected. I suspect many others will have to do the same.
> This is NOT the way to grow Ubuntu's user base by taking away things people
> really like and use a lot.
> Adding new features is great, but not at the expense of taking away things
> that have already proven their popularity.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/711561
>
> Title:
> Compiz won't allow Desktop Cube plugin to load with unity
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Won't Fix
> Status in Unity:
> Won't Fix
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> The cooperation of Compiz and Unity is great.
>
> However, if you try to load the Desktop cube plugin, it asks you if
> you want to disable the Desktop wall plugin. If you say yes, it wants
> to disable the Unity plugin (which I'm guessing is a bad idea on a
> Unity desktop).
>
> IIRC, the Desktop Cube plugin once ran with unity. I remember running
> a daily image a while a go (at least a month) and enabling the Desktop
> Cube, alongside with Unity.
>
> I'm really hoping that Compiz's signature (the Desktop Cube) won't go
> away.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
> Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1280x800 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.VGA.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> Date: Tue Feb 1 14:57:40 2011
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30b7]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110127)
> Lsusb:
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario F500 (GF606UA#ABA)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-12-generic
> root=UUID=f1add3f0-0a81-4f8c-ac34-9dd6917e8bfb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: compiz
> UnitySupportTest:
>
> dmi.bios.date: 12/05/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.bios.version: F.1F
> dmi.board.name: 30D3
> dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
> dmi.board.version: 65.3A
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.1F:bd12/05/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioF500(GF606UA#ABA):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30D3:rvr65.3A:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Presario F500 (GF606UA#ABA)
> dmi.product.version: Rev 1
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu1
>