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When I installed Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2, during live-CD install, I tried out the new application switcher and it worked beautifully. After the installation is complete, the new application switcher is gone. In its place is a ugly grey Windows XP-ish thing.

I am not sure if this is a graphics driver issue, because I enabled nvidia proprietary driver. But other 3D related things looks fine. So how can I get the new application switcher back?

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Jorge Castro
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hansioux
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It looks like if you are using Ubuntu 2D. When logging in, select "Ubuntu", instead of "Ubuntu 2D".

Evan
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Hansioux,

This is very likely a driver issue. I had a somewhat similar problem when I installed the NVIDIA drivers from the NVIDIA website in 11.04. Replacing those with the drivers in the nvidia-current package fixed it.

In my case, I dropped to the console (CTRL + ALT + F1), stopped gdm and then re-ran the NVIDIA install script as root, but with the "--uninstall" parameter. After it finished removing that version of the driver, I installed nvidia-current and then rebooted. The eye candy is back (switcher, aero-ish snap, etc.). FYI: I use Gnome 2.3, but I don't think the problem was at that level.

So, in my case:

(from console)
$ sudo su -
# stop gdm
# sh /home/tim/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-285.05.09.run --uninstall
# apt-get install nvidia-current
# reboot
Tim
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Same thing here, updating from 11.04 to 11.10 in an Optimus laptop (Asus N53). Was working fine, but lost Unity effects (snap, switcher, etc) on the way :(

After some time, got solution here: Getting gnome-shell working on nvidia optimus notebook or within here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Asus_U36JC

So if: - Optimus laptop - No Unity effects (snapping windows, plain-ugly application/workspace switcher, no Unity handles, etc) - (even when upgrading from 11.04 where Unity3D was working fine)

then remove nvidia drivers to revert to intel onboard card with 3d support (see links above)

Thanks (again) AskUbuntu!!!

Community
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Fair Miles
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You can test your hardware for unity compliance, see:

http://www.installubuntulinux.com/2011/05/how-to-test-unity-support-in-your.html

Dag
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