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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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From the terminal you can run:
winetricks --gui
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Fixed. Quite a weird bug. I had to re-login into Google in the "Online Accounts" settings under system settings.
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Finally, I've found the answer. It turns out that all this time, the "Sticky Keys" option in Universal Access was accidentally* enabled. I just noticed this with Ctrl behaving strangely, and now that I've turned it off, the Dash works as expected.
(* Or I enabled it on purpose, thinking to reap the rewards while not fully knowing the consequences)
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Open up "system settings".
Go to "software $ updates"
Click on the "additional drivers" tab
Click nvidias proprietary driver instead of X.ORG s server
Reboot and you shouldn't run into your system crashing everytime you cick dash home
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I would recommend using compiz-config tool. You can disable most of animations in your Ubuntu using it. But be aware! You might end up with disabled Unity, if you do something wrong!
To install open the terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Then run it from dashboard. You cannot disable all of the animations, but you will ...
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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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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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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 figured out how, it was my mistake. In settings>privacy>search results I had online search results shut off. I turned it on and now it working fine again. I had it turned off because I can not stand shopping results cluttering my search for files on my computer. If I want to go shopping I'll go to a website.
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You must press the button that I circled in the picture:
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It seems like this is a bug: Dash background flickers.
Temporary workaround to get acceptable experience while being affected by this bug:
Install ccsm tool:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Run ccsm tool:
ccsm
Search for unity and select it from central panel
Switch Dash Blur option to "No Blur"
In Background Color panel, set Color ...
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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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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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I had similar problem with my nVidia graphic card on 12.10.
Go to System Settings > Software and Updates > Additional Drivers
and try to choose other option. It worked for me.
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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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It seems Unity cannot resize xpm files correctly.
As a workaround, you can convert your icon to png.
sudo apt-get install imagemagick
convert /opt/eclipse/icon.xmp /opt/eclipse/icon.png
Don't forget to update your .desktop file.
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After install some lens all disapears, just like your.
Well, my problem was solved after removing and installig some libraries from Synaptic.
If you have installed this lens please remove:
unity-lens-shopping
unity-scope-askubuntu
Install this items. I do this form Synaptic, but I belive that you can install from termial too:
liblensfun-data ...
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Hold the Super key (Windows logo key) and it will bring "search" dash home. Typing terminal there will bring the terminal icon.
Alt+F2 brings the special run command. If you type a folder name, it will find it in nautilus, for example.
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did you try typing it lowercase in the dash?
sudo dpkg-reconfigure thunderbird should fix it there is a issues with thunderbird.
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Try pressing ALT-F2, and typing in sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool. Poke around in the settings of the Unity Tweak Tool, under search, and disable background blur. Otherwise, I suspect you have a graphics driver problem. Open System Settings, and go to Software & Updates. Look in additional drivers, see if there's anything listed. If there are ...
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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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Probably this a blur problem.
Install Unity Tweak Manager.
Choose Unity - Search.
You should change Background Blur from OFF to ON.
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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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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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My dash background is black without transparency. Setting a custom dark color instead of the wallpaper color makes it a bit more readable, but the blur effect is quite missing.
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org R300 Project
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV370
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.1
Not software ...
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There seems to be a problem with Intel graphics, it's being evaluated at the bug reports
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1087534
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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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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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Yes! I had the same problem, and solved it by switching graphics drivers.
Go to System Settings -> Software Sources -> Additional Drivers, and select a different driver.
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To add to the answer above, the .desktop files may also be located in
/usr/share/applications
I would have added this as comment, but I guess I don't have enough reputation?
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