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Unity Desktop still freezing in Ubuntu 14.04

Asked by wordsmyth2

Have reported this problem previously, no solutions posted. And it's getting worse. Entire desktop freezes intermittently - including launcher. I have to power down and then re-boot to resume my work. I'm a longtime Ubuntu user and did not experience this problem with 12.04 or 13.10. Why has there been no fix for this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Have you tried a non-compoziting session like XFCE? If you install the xfce4 package and log off, you can log in to the XFCE session. Is it better?

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wordsmyth2 (wordsmyth2) said : 		#2

    Sent that info in my previous post, AP. No probs with XFCE .... but
    I want to stick with Ubuntu. Will most likely switch back to 12.04
    if problem persists - and so far, it has.....:-(

On 16/06/14 15:07, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #250278 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/250278
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Have you tried a non-compoziting session like XFCE? If you install the
> xfce4 package and log off, you can log in to the XFCE session. Is it
> better?
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Then we now know that the issue is with compiz.

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Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) said : 		#4

Are you using an nvidia graphics card? Installing nvidia driver version 331 caused a problem for me with a particular graphics card. If you've installed version 331, try 304 instead, and hopefully that might fix it.

Hope this helps,
Hamish

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