Get only white screen after login

Thanks for the bug report. can you please check which version of mutter are you using.? did it work before? please do the following in terminal and paste the results

$ apt-cache policy mutter

I just installed Unity in Maverick desktop (64bit) and get the same problem. I can still see the cursor and when I press the print screen button the Screenshot Dialog box appears but everything else is blindingly white

maverick@conroe:~$ apt-cache policy mutter
mutter:
  Installed: 2.31.5-0ubuntu1~10.10~ricotz2.2
  Candidate: 2.31.5-0ubuntu1~10.10~ricotz2.2
  Version table:
 *** 2.31.5-0ubuntu1~10.10~ricotz2.2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.31.2-3ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages

I am using the nvidia-current drivers (256.35) on an 8800GTS. I didn't use the PPA because the only maverick packages seem to be a slightly older version of mutter.

bob hazard, you are facing bug 579683. disable the gnome-shell ppa from software sources and install mutter from Ubuntu repositories..

$ sudo apt-get install mutter/maverick mutter-common/maverick libmutter-private0/maverick

Thanks I was just about to report back. Yes mutter was stuck on the gnome-shell version despite ppa-purge

As well as the 3 mutter packages I had to also downgrade

libgirepository1.0-0
gir1.0-freedesktop

Which were stuck on the gnome-shell versions. Unity is working now

I do not think this is a duplicate of 579683.

If you will notice the entry under "uname" gives

Uname: Linux 2.6.35-9-generic i686

I do not think that this can be right. I installed this on a 64 bit box but I have installed other x86 versions with no trouble and run the right kernels. This happened after an update/upgrade that included a kernel.

I am sorry that I can not give you the Mutter info requested or anymore info for that matter as I have wiped the partitions it was installed on.

It will be a fresh install as soon as we get an A3 RC ISO for testing.

I am having the same issue. After running an update using the update manager now I only see a blank white screen after booting.

I am running mutter version:
2.31.5-0ubuntu6

And kernel:
2.6.35-21-generic i686

@Gabriel Loewen : You might be facing the problem due to latest mesa update : bugs 599741 and bug 616997 have similar issues.

Could you open a new bug using :
ubuntu-bug xserver-xorg-video-<driver>

where <driver> would correspond to the graphics card your system has.

And then add a unity task. Or mention the bug# here..

I fixed my problem by method mentioned in bug #616997
add
CLUTTER_VBLANK=none mutter --replace
to
file .profile

on hp mini 210 netbook

i fixed by adding:

CLUTTER_VBLANK=none mutter --replace --mutter-plugins=libunity-mutter

in file .profile

for some reason that worked while:

CLUTTER_VBLANK=none mutter --replace

did not