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compiz package

compiz doesn't want to start, not present xgl

Bug #354056 reported by Vladimir Borisovich Pavlikov
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compiz (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hi,
I've upgraded my Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu 9.04 — Jaunty Jackalope recently. After update 2 days ago and reboot I've found my awm gives out error:

"Warning: Screen isn't composited. Please run compiz (-fusion) or another compositing manager."

Also I found out all effects are gone, I couldn't turn them on at System -> Options -> Appearence. All compiz cube rotations and such gone away aswell. Here what happens when I try to run compiz manually:

itzamna@pureenergy:~$ compiz --replace
Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
/home/itzamna/.themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:719: Murrine configuration option "highlight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please use "highlight_shade" instead.
/home/itzamna/.themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:720: Murrine configuration option "lightborder_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please use "lightborder_shade" instead.
Предупреждение менеджера окон: Неверный параметр WM_TRANSIENT_FOR окна 0x2200028 указан для 0x2200030 (Starting a).

I do not use metacity or at least I don't know if I'm doing it. Always had gtk theme + compiz running on.

I also can't run any opengl game anymore: openarena for instance says GLimp_Init() - could not load OpenGL subsystem.

I have Asus GeForce 9800 GTX, I was using drivers from nvidia.com, thought maybe it has something to do with it so i've installed ubuntu's restricted drivers for my card - nothing have changed.

What can it be, should i provide some other info?

Add:
I've just updated Ubuntu and all is working as it should again. Sorry for disturbing you.

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Vladimir Borisovich Pavlikov (theitzamna)
description: updated
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Andrea De Pasquale (depasquale-andrea) wrote :

Slightly different issue for me. Compiz doesn't start after login (no window manager), but getting to a terminal and running compiz runs fine (window manager ok).

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Andrea De Pasquale (depasquale-andrea) wrote :

Take a look to bug #340140, it seems to be more like mine, even if I get "Xgl not present" message.

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Andrea De Pasquale (depasquale-andrea) wrote :

Solved the issue by deleting ~/.config folder.

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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in compiz.
For future reference you might be interested to know that a lot of applications have bug reporting functionality built in to them. This can be accessed via the Report a Problem option in the Help menu for the application with which you are having an issue. You can learn more about this feature at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

affects: ubuntu → compiz (Ubuntu)
Travis Watkins (amaranth)
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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