Here is what is said in the terminal after a unity --reset. I have KDE4 installed, but unity problems began before KDE installation.
kevin@kevin-natty:~$ unity --reset WARNING: Unity currently default profile, so switching to metacity while resetting the values unity-panel-service: aucun processus trouvé Backend : gconf Integration : true Profile : unity Adding plugins Initializing core options...done Initializing bailer options...done Initializing detection options...done Initializing composite options...done Initializing opengl options...done Initializing decor options...done Initializing mousepoll options...done Initializing vpswitch options...done Initializing animation options...done Initializing snap options...done Initializing expo options...done Initializing move options...done Initializing place options...done Initializing grid options...done Initializing gnomecompat options...done Initializing wall options...done Initializing ezoom options...done Initializing workarounds options...done Initializing staticswitcher options...done Initializing resize options...done Initializing fade options...done Initializing scale options...done Initializing session options...done Couldn't find a perfect decorator match; trying all decorators Starting kde4-window-decorator KCrash: Application 'kde4-window-decorator' crashing... KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit sock_file=/home/kevin/.kde/socket-kevin-natty/kdeinit4__0 Warning: connect() failed: : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi directly Setting Update "run_command_terminal_key" Setting Update "left_key" Setting Update "right_key" Setting Update "up_key" Setting Update "down_key" Setting Update "fullscreen_visual_bell" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726452 Title: unity doesn't load since friday update -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs