Public bug reported: Did a routine update/upgrade on 2/15/18 on a 16.04 Ubuntu system. Received an update to compiz. The upgrade broke unity, forcing its removal and also the removal of ubuntu-desktop. Since I was using LXDE at the time, this didn't kill my system, but I would like to preserve the option of logging into unity in the future.
The package whose absence broke unity seems to be compiz-core- abiversion-20151010. apt-cache policy reports no version of that package available to my system. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: compiz 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20171116-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Thu Feb 15 17:15:00 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [1043:1652] GsettingsChanges: b'org.compiz.core' b'outputs' b"['1920x1080+0+0']" b'org.compiz.core' b'active-plugins' b"['core', 'composite', 'opengl', 'imgpng', 'copytex', 'vpswitch', 'regex', 'move', 'snap', 'unitymtgrabhandles', 'commands', 'mousepoll', 'grid', 'resize', 'compiztoolbox', 'place', 'animation', 'wall', 'session', 'workarounds', 'expo', 'fade', 'scale', 'ezoom', 'unityshell']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-28 (505 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53E PackageArchitecture: all ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic root=UUID=44c44079-2f3a-49e6-bab5-67a90d6cda36 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: compiz UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/06/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: K53E.219 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: K53E dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK53E.219:bd03/06/2012:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53E:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53E:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: K dmi.product.name: K53E dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20171116-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Thu Feb 15 16:36:42 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2~16.04.1 xserver.video_driver: modeset ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749839 Title: 16.04: Installation of the 2/15/18 update to compiz forced removal of unity and ubuntu-desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1749839/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs