Is that on a latptop or desktop? If so, the cleanest way to run unity8 is to install unity8-desktop-session-mir and then select it the unity8-mir session from the lightdm greeter when logging in.
** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1494716 Title: vivid+overlay : unity8 fails to load To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1494716/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs