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unity 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu8: first impressions unity 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu8: first impressions
  1. a blue screen on two displays

  2. a movable pointer

  3. SDDM reappears.

Please, what am I missing?

I checked FAQ under https://unityd.org/#features.

Is Ubuntu 25.10 not a supported distro for Unity?

Environment

HP ZBook 17 G2, docked, with one display using one of the dock's two DisplayPort ports.

grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 25.10
Release:        25.10
Codename:       questing
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> apt info unity
Package: unity
Version: 7.7.0+23.04.20230222.2-0ubuntu8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7,598 kB
Depends: compiz-core, libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.5.1), libatk-bridge2.0-0t64 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0t64 (>= 2.2.0), libbamf3-2t64 (>= 0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160321), libc6 (>= 2.38), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcompizc>
Recommends: unity-control-center, nemo, gnome-disk-utility, hud, session-shortcuts, unity-session, unity-uwidgets
Breaks: compiz-gnome (<< 1:0.9.13.1+19.04.20190208-0ubuntu1~), ubuntu-session (<< 3.24.1-0ubuntu3~), unity-lens-applications (<< 5.12.0-0ubuntu2), unity-lens-files (<< 5.10.0-0ubuntu2), unity-lens-music (<< 6.0>
Replaces: compiz-gnome (<< 1:0.9.13.1+19.04.20190208-0ubuntu1~)
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/unity
Task: ubuntu-unity-desktop
Download-Size: 1,962 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing/universe amd64 Packages
Description: Interface designed for efficiency of space and interaction.
 Unity is a desktop experience that sings. Designed by Canonical and the Ayatana
 community, Unity is all about the combination of familiarity and the future. We
 bring together visual design, analysis of user experience testing, modern
 graphics technologies and a deep understanding of the free software landscape
 to produce what we hope will be the lightest, most elegant and most delightful
 way to use your PC.

grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> 

Installation

sudo apt install unity

https://pastebin.com/raw/9h0EBw9K was a dry run.

For the subsequent run, I did allow removal of appmenu-gtk3-module.