11.04 in classic not Unity

The problem is usually blacklisted video drivers -- i.e. if a video driver that is known to cause problems is detected the system will drop you back into "classic" mode.

You can still have a unity-like desktop with the qt-based Unity2D package (in software repository), but it is not as reliable as the regular unity is.

If you can run these commands from a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T, or from applications menu), then post the result back here, then we can see your driver & card and tell you a little more.

sudo lspci
sudo lsmod

joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo lspci
[sudo] password for joe:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller
Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root
Port (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition
Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
1 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI
Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI
Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC
Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE
Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE
Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev
01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300
GS] (rev a1)
03:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
03:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 61)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family LAN
Controller (rev 01)

I hope that this is what you needed........... Thanks, Joe

joe@joe-desktop:~$ sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for joe:
Module Size Used by
usblp 17827 0
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 12964 0
snd_emux_synth 33506 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 13309 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 13482 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_emu10k1 137068 2 snd_emu10k1_synth
binfmt_misc 13213 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hda_intel 24113 2
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_util_mem 13786 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 13274 3 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80042 4
snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 2 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 5
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28659 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 5
snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
nouveau 621970 2
ttm 65184 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 nouveau
snd 55295 19
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm 184164 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
dcdbas 14054 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
joydev 17322 0
psmouse 73312 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 nouveau
video 18951 1 nouveau
serio_raw 12990 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41704 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
firewire_ohci 31504 0
floppy 60032 0
e100 40108 0
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core

On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 09:41 +0000, mycae wrote:

> Your question #165903 on unity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+question/165903
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> mycae requested more information:
> The problem is usually blacklisted video drivers -- i.e. if a video
> driver that is known to cause problems is detected the system will drop
> you back into "classic" mode.
>
> You can still have a unity-like desktop with the qt-based Unity2D
> package (in software repository), but it is not as reliable as the
> regular unity is.
>
> If you can run these commands from a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T, or from
> applications menu), then post the result back here, then we can see your
> driver & card and tell you a little more.
>
> sudo lspci
> sudo lsmod
>

Now that we are talking of this. I installed originally 11.04 directly and it said that I needed to up date my sound driver. I did and then I had to un-install the whole thing for things didn't work the way that they should. I then reinstalled 10.04 updated to 10.10 and from there upgraded to 11.04. And that's when it told me that I needed to run Ubuntu classic. So I guess that now to run Unity that I need to up grade my SB0400 Audigy2 Value or???

I went for the nouveau version....... I'm not quite sure what is different now but I ran the suggested test and I got all greens. Thanks for your patience and help. Joe