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cody4
August 25th, 2013, 04:23 AM
Does anyone know how to make Unity Launcher color changes permanent in Ubuntu 12.04? The custom color I've set through My Unity only lasts until the next reboot.

I know there have been threads on this topic before, but I was wondering if there was any new progress with this issue.

Thanks!
nenadlatinovic
August 25th, 2013, 06:31 AM
Not sure if i understand, but the chameleon color changing is supposed to change according to background. Or you want to have a permanent launcher color regardless of the background?
Frogs Hair
August 25th, 2013, 09:10 PM
From what I find MyUnity was pulled from the 12.04 repository and I'm guessing it no longer works properly.
cody4
August 26th, 2013, 03:07 AM
Thanks for your replies guys.


Not sure if i understand, but the chameleon color changing is supposed to change according to background. Or you want to have a permanent launcher color regardless of the background?
I would like to have a permanent custom color regardless of the background.


From what I find MyUnity was pulled from the 12.04 repository and I'm guessing it no longer works properly.
Yeah that's right, however I've tried setting a custom color with ccsm and unsettings as well but the color still reverts on reboot, when background is changed, etc.
mc4man
August 26th, 2013, 12:38 PM
There are 2 bugs involved here, both quite fixable but neither has been officially.
I have a repaired unity build in this ppa
https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/color-fix
cody4
August 27th, 2013, 02:03 AM
There are 2 bugs involved here, both quite fixable but neither has been officially.
I have a repaired unity build in this ppa
https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/color-fix

Brilliant! It worked perfectly.
I've been looking for a solution to this problem for ages, and I lacked the expertise to fix it myself.
Thankyou very much.
mc4man
August 27th, 2013, 06:12 AM
Glad you could make use of it, myself always used black as the custom color & wasn't going to wait for any official fix which never may come.

There is a 'companion' ppa for 12.04 that fixes scale to pick all windows from all workspaces, again I gave up trying to convince the powers to be that my fix addressed all concerns & just decided to ppa it.
If using please read ppa description carefully

https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/fixing-scale

In both cases will keep the ppa's up to date as needed