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I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 yesterday alongside Win 7 to try it out (and maybe get rid of Win). I liked the workspace concept a lot, dragging a window into another workspace form the four-workspaces-view. Then after some installing I had a crash - Ubuntu would not start any more and I hat do go through the Ubuntu setup from Windows again (three times until I got rid of the crash problem). But ever since the drag and drop function in the 4-workspace view does not work any more. I googled a lot, installed unity and compiz config, changed hundreds of settings but can't get it back. everything else (shift-alt arrow and right clicks on the menubar) work, but i can't click on the miniaturized windows in the workspace selector any more.

any idea?

Jorge Castro
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OP Solved this by installing Ubuntu 12.04.

Jorge Castro
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Are you using Unity 2D? I don't think you can move applications between workspaces in the Unity 2D view.

To see if you are running 2D:

  1. Log out by clicking the cog wheel in the top right corner of your desktop and selecting "Log Out". You will be presented with the login screen.
  2. Now click the little cog wheel next to the password input box and see if "Ubuntu 2d" is selected.

If "Ubuntu 2D" is selected, DON'T just select "Ubuntu" and log back in. If you find yourself unexpectedly in 2d it is probably because you aren't using the right driver for your graphics card. To install a driver for your graphics card:

  1. Open the Dash ( "windows" or "super key" on your keyboard)
  2. Type "Drivers"
  3. Select "Install Additional Drivers"
  4. Find a driver for your graphics card and click "Activate"
  5. Restart
  6. Try loging in to 3d by hitting the cog wheel (at the login screen) and select "Ubuntu"

If you just get a frozen desktop, power off and log back into 2d and try another driver. (I had to try several times)

After you get a good driver you should be able to move windows between workspaces.

Hope This helped!

Sources:

Drivers for Nvidia GeForce GT 430?

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/unity-2d-gets-workspace-switcher-too.html

Personal Experience

EDIT: I think there is also a Unity 2d bug report on this (not sure).

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Seth
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Form what I gathered from this question try running this command in the terminal: 

/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

At the bottom of the output you get it should tell you if your computer supports Unity 3D.

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