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The dash is what you might call Ubuntu's version of the start menu. You can invoke the dash by clicking on the dash icon on the Unity launcher:
or by pressing the Super key (The key with the Windows logo).
This is the dash:
Searching for "disk utilities" should bring up what you're looking for.
See also: What's the right terminology ...
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Open the Software Center and click the "Installed" button in the toolbar to see a list of applications that you currently have installed:
The Software Center is the icon in the Unity launcher that looks like this:
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Okay, there was nothing wrong with my driver. I installed CompizConfig Settings Manager with
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
After I did that, I opened CompizConfig Settings Manager, and selected the Ubuntu Unity Plugin, and made sure that the background color was set to #000000 and that Dash Blur was set to No Blur.
This should fix ...
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I had the same problem, hare is what I did:
Install Unity Tweak Tool from Ubuntu Software Centre.
In Unity Tweak Tool click on search button and deactivate background blur.
and that's it, everything is going to run OK.
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Ubuntu 13.04
Get The Ubuntu Touch Feeling On The Unity Desktop With These Launcher Icons
To use the Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons / assets on the desktop (Unity), download the icons from DeviantArt and extract the downloaded archive in your home folder.
Then, to replace the Unity icons with the Ubuntu Touch-style icons, use the following command:
cd ...
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Removing the gnome 3 ppa fixes the problem.
Execute the commands
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
I am unsure as to why this fixed my problem. This answer is not my own however. He(or she) answered another question of mine here.
When fixing that issue it also solved this one. He(or she) refused to answer this one and ...
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Actually, when you press the "windows" key when a full screen application is in focus, the dash opens, but it can't gain "paint" focus, as the application is still at the top of the stack. But strangely, the dash has the keyboard focus.
As far as I know, there is no way to see the dash when a full screen application is working. Only way is to get out of ...
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You can change dconf settings to re-order the lenses.
In the dash open dconf-editor.
Then, go to com>caconical>unity>dash.
Change the value of the key "home-lens-ordering" to the specific order you want.
I do not recommend changing folder/.lens name since whenever that specific lens calls the configuration file, it will not find it!
Hope this helps.
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Procedure below has been tested by me , on both Ubuntu 12.04 & 12.10.
You can try to reset (DELETE) all your configuration settings and see if problem fixed.
Be aware that Ubuntu will revert back to a primary state. You will not lose any personal files..but you will lose
Probably Icons
Wallpaper
Keyboard Layout
Changes in Launcher - nautilus ...
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unity-tweak-tool
Ubuntu 13.04
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
Unity Tweak Tool is also available for Ubuntu 12.10 in a daily PPA. If you want to add the PPA and install it in Ubuntu 12.10, use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
Open Unity ...
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I think there some glitches in the unity due to your hardware config, I had similar but yours too devastating. Try installing Unity tweak tool and try to low down the animations, like the bg blur etc..
Here's mine ...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9dgoiau7k4pv0pq/Screenshot%20from%202013-05-02%2021%3A34%3A01.png
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This has been reported as a bug, you can check it out here -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/1059872
you can mention that this bug affects you (at the aforementioned site, i.e.), it'll help give the bug greater attention.
you can always use gparted for formatting a disk.
to get gparted, you can use the software centre or enter the ...
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The daily build PPA will continue to built and ship Unity daily builds. So while you will get your fix, you'll also get more updates over time, some of which might fix things, but might not be caught by QA.
In your case I would enable the PPA, do an upgrade, then turn off/remove the PPA and then when the updates catch up in the normal channel you'll be good ...
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