Gutsy regression - compiz no longer starts with a failed 3d texture size check

Please try the latest version ( 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu2) and see if that fixes the issue.

there is already a newer one installed:
dpkg -l |grep -i compiz
ii compiz 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu3

Well it gets past the texture size check. Tt still says '3D Texture Size', I think thats a typo as compiz definately does not use 3D Textures for normal rendereing (whoever wrote the script perhaps does not understand what they are).

However, it now fails as such:

Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0193 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (3360x1050) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz: 376: /usr/local/bin/compiz: not found

It's still broken on my system:

$ compiz --replace
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 1002:514d (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1152x864) to maximum 3D texture size (1024): Failed.
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

My card is Radeon 9100 with 64 MB of memory and I am using the opensource ati driver.

Changing the function check_texture_size() in /usr/bin/compiz to always return 1 fixes it for me, so I'm sure it's not an xserver configuration problem.

dpkg -l says compiz version is 1:0.6.0+git20071002-0ubuntu1 (I have just updated the system).

Uh, of course I meant to say that changing check_texture_size() to return 0, not 1, fixes 3d effects for me ;)

SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz --replace

might be an easier way to bypass the check..

I am however getting a seg fault, subsequent to this (I've posted details at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3504894, would appreciate any input)

It works for me either way, no segfaults whatsoever.

I've noticed compiz got updated several times, but my card keeps failing the texture size check.

I also have an old Compaq Evo N600c laptop with a 16 MB Radeon Mobility that USED to work with 3d effects (it wasn't very fast, but didn't break) and now has the same problem. Patching /usr/bin/compiz or setting SKIP_CHECKS to true fixes it, but curiously, unless I configure gwd to use it's own theme instead of metacity's I sometimes get white borders around windows... It never happens on my 64MB Radeon though.

Two notes:

1. I still seem to be getting this error (see report in bug #124519 for details)
2. Is this a dupe of bug #124519?

Cheers,
-Gabriel

I am experiencing the "failing 3d texture size check" issue too. This used to work a few weeks ago. I have an r200 with 32mb video ram.
lspci:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01)
starting compiz from the terminal:
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c66 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (1024): Failed.
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

My screen resolution is 1280x1024.

And finally:
$ dpkg -l |grep -i compiz
ii compiz 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1 Collection of extra plugins from OpenComposi
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu2 Collection of plugins from OpenCompositing f
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM
ii compiz-plugins 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.5.2+git20070912-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration settings manager
ii libcompizconfig-backend-gconf 0.5.2+git20071010-0ubuntu1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii libcompizconfig0 0.5.2+git20070919-0ubuntu3 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii libdecoration0 1:0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1 Compiz window decoration library
ii python-compizconfig 0.5.2+git20070912-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration system bindings

I forgot to mention that if i run:
$ SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c66 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (1024): Failed.
SKIP_CHECKS is yes, so continuing despite problems.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Starting gtk-window-decorator

Everything works fine.