Issues with Customizing Unity-2D Ubuntu 11.04
Issue:
CompizConfig Settings Manager > Ubuntu Unity Plugin > Hide Launcher seems to have no effect on behavior of Unity-2D launcher in relationship to other open windows. Ideally I would like auto hide feature to work but none of the choices seem to do anything different. Specifically, If I maximize a window (Firefox, Terminal, gEDIT, LibreOffice Writer as examples) the left side of the window hides under the Unity-2D launcher. This is the only behavior I can achieve so far and I would prefer if I could modify the settings to either auto hide the launcher or at least keep the windows from sliding underneath the launcher particularly when I maximize a program. Currently I resize the windows and slide them around which is a little inefficient on my laptop.
Your help is appreciated in advance.
Troubleshooting for potential clues to the underlying issue:
1. The Hide Launcher section is not the only part that doesn't seem to make a difference within the CompizConfig Settings Manager. In fact, none of the Ubuntu Unity Plugin modification choices seem to make a difference. I must be missing something or have something "turned on" that is overriding Unity? I have never knowingly used Compiz before 11.04, certainly not the CompizConfig Settings Manager, so forgive me for being a noob here.
2. I wonder if an issue stems from the "Additional Drivers" program under Control Center > Hardware > Additional Drivers I find that my NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version current) [Recommended] line is green dotted but it says "This driver is activated but not currently in use.
3. When I log in, I log in to the profile that states simply "Ubuntu". It is curious to me that if I do not have Unity-2D installed I am presented with GNOME 2.x or whatever version that is. If I install Unity-2D and log in I am presented with what I am assuming is Unity-2D with the new launcher on the left side of the screen. I highly doubt it is Unity-3D in other words.
My Environment:
Dell Latitude D620 Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit with Unity-2D
I'm running NVIDIA Driver Version: 270.41.06 per the NVIDIA X Server Settings GUI module.
>lshw
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
What else might be needed to narrow this issue down?
Thanks.
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