Visual Effects Won't Operate in Normal or Extra and Gnome Panel-Desktop Switcher doesn't function

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_nv000112gl () from /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1

I think I am experiencing the same thing. In a 64bit jaunty installation. I cannot move any windows they all open and stay in the top left corner. Alt + tab does not work. All the borders are gone so windows cannot be resized, minimized or maximized. I am able to switch between windows from the window list on my panel although once briefly windows did not show up there either.

All this goes away if visual effects are set to none. Once when setting visual effects to normal I was logged out.

I have an integrated intel x3100 graphics card GMA965. In the past there have been many problems with this card and compiz/any graphics.

This started with an update in jaunty to compiz (I actually think the old compiz package was removed and a differently named one installed) a few days ago around when this bug was filed.

After upgrading to Alpha 6 I'm still experiencing the same problems. I'm also experienceing the same problems as Elias K Gardner. I had trouble logging in too. Had to log in via Gnome Failsafe. Then the log in problem was fixed.

Musashi are you still experiencing this bug?
Do you have the same graphics card as I do by any chance?

Yes still experienceing this bug with all updates current.

GeForce 8300 GS 512 MB PCI Express 16X on a Gateway FPD2485W (CRT-1) with NVidia Driver Version 180.37

I had a theory that this might be related to uxe with my graphics card but I have discovered that uxe is not enabled in jaunty plus you have a different card Musashi. I just ran compiz in a terminal and immediately started having the same symptoms. Ive saved the terminal output and attached it here if its helpful to anyone. I see nothing interesting but don't know what to look for either.

Is there any information I can collect that would be helpful?

I fixed it with this command

sudo apt-get install compiz-gnome

I might have done some other things that allowed it to be fixed this way. Not sure why it works now or if it will keep working....
alt@LowWarr:~$ sudo apt-get remove compiz-gnome
[sudo] password for alt:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for alt:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package compiz-gnome is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  kdesudo libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-help python-qt4 python-sip4
  python-qt4-common install-package libqt4-assistant libplasma3 gdebi-kde
  python-kde4
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
alt@LowWarr:~$ apt-get
apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu5 for amd64 compiled on Mar 30 2009 14:06:05
Usage: apt-get [options] command
       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
       apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
   update - Retrieve new lists of packages
   upgrade - Perform an upgrade
   install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
   remove - Remove packages
   autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
   purge - Remove packages and config files
   source - Download source archives
   build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
   dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
   dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
   clean - Erase downloaded archive files
   autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
   check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies

Options:
  -h This help text.
  -q Loggable output - no progress indicator
  -qq No output except for errors
  -d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
  -s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
  -y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
  -f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
  -m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
  -u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
  -b Build the source package after fetching it
  -V Show verbose version numbers
  -c=? Read this configuration file
  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.
alt@LowWarr:~$ sudo apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
alt@LowWarr:~$ sudo apt-get compiz-gnome
E: Invalid operation compiz-gnome
alt@LowWarr:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz-gnome
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  kdesudo libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-help python-qt4 python-sip4
  python-qt4-common install-package libqt4-assistant libplasma3 gdebi-kde
  python-kde4
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The followin...

This worked for me as well. You think compiz-gnome was not installed or
uninstalled somehow on our systems?

I just noticed the package for this was changed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (ubuntu) Id just like to point out that I don't have an nvidia graphics card or anything by nvidia in my computer. I have an intel GMA 965.

[This is an automatic notification.]

A new major version of the -intel driver is now available in Karmic.

This version includes a major reworking of the acceleration
architecture, which resolves a huge number of issues. We do not know
whether it resolves the issue you reported.

Would you mind testing Karmic Alpha-2 and seeing if it is still a
problem? CD ISO images are available here:

  http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/

If the issue can still be reproduced on karmic, please report here with
your findings, and attach a fresh Xorg.0.log from your test, and we will
be able to forward the bug upstream.

Otherwise, if the bug no longer exists in Karmic, let us know that as
well.

In the off chance you encounter different bugs while attempting to test
Karmic, please report those as new bug reports.

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

It seems likely to me this bug is gone; the -intel driver has improved immensely in Karmic and a lot of bugs are being reported as no longer present. So hopefully that's the case here too.

This bug is not present for me in karmic nor has it been since the stable release of jaunty. Sorry I forgot to report it being fixed for me.