unity (1)

NAME

unity - wrapper for starting the unity shell and handling fallback

SYNOPSIS

unity [options]

DESCRIPTION

The unity program can be used to start the Unity shell as a compiz module, and to specify how to handle logging, debugging, as well as how to deal with the user's profile.

OPTIONS

--advanced-debug

Runs unity under debugging (using gdb or another debugger tool) to help tracking issues. Should only be used on request from a developer following a bug report.

--compiz-path COMPIZ_PATH

Runs the compositor from a non-standard location.

--debug

Runs Unity under gdb and prints a stack trace on crash.

-h, --help

Prints a usage message and exits.

--log filename

This parameter, followed by a path or filename, tells the Unity shell to store logs in the specified file.

--replace

Deprecated option for backwards compatibility. Has no effect.

--reset-icons

Resets the default Launcher icons.

-v, --version

Shows the program version number and exits.

--verbose

SEE ALSO

unity-panel-service (1)