Unity - the underlying shadow is gone and I can't right-click on the desktop!

[the8thstar]

Hello all,

I'm having two very specific problems since I installed the Elementary PPA onto my Ubuntu 12.04 install:

1. the border shadow from the menu bar is gone. How can I get it back?
2. I can't right-click on the desktop anymore... weird.

Does anyone know how to get this back?

For the record, I uninstalled pantheon, reinstalled ubuntu-desktop and compiz, to no avail.

Thanks for your help!

[kostkon]

Are you sure that you are still using Unity and not Unity2d? You could logout and make sure that you select Ubuntu as your login session.

Hope that helps.

[the8thstar]

Are you sure that you are still using Unity and not Unity2d? You could logout and make sure that you select Ubuntu as your login session.

Hope that helps.

Thanks, I did that but it didn't help. I am indeed running the regular Unity session; I'm afraid Elementary configuration borked my system, but I can't seem to see where and how to fix it.

Maybe with dconf-editor?

Here is a snapshot of the top of my desktop. The "Ubuntu Desktop" title is gone and so is the shadow.

http://i.imgur.com/27n81E5.png

[the8thstar]

I also used:


unity --reset

unity --replace

but the problem remains.

[the8thstar]

I wanted to make sure Unity was indeed supported so I launched:


the8thstar@Packard-Bell:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4

Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes

Unity 3D supported: yes

So... I'm still puzzled!

[the8thstar]

I found a solution that fixed the problem, by reinstalling a pure Unity Gnome on Ubuntu.

You can use the same solution here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/pureubuntuprecise

Thanks Psychocats!