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compiz package

compiz won't start with nvidia 9100 - lacks Xgl

Bug #437805 reported by Steven Usdansky on 2009-09-27

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	compiz (Ubuntu)	Expired	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: compiz

Not sure if compiz is the culprit.

~$ 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
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/mutter

I changed the default to mutter (which required changing permissions on /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidctl to 666, but that's a different problem)

~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

~$ apt-cache policy compiz
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.8.3+git20090917-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1:0.8.3+git20090917-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
*** 1:0.8.3+git20090917-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I expect compiz to just work

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,dbus,place,mousepoll,gnomecompat,move,resize,decoration,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,neg,video,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session]
Date: Sun Sep 27 14:43:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: HP-Pavilion FQ578AAR-ABA s3707c
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz 1:0.8.3+git20090917-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C78 [GeForce 9100] [10de:0847] (rev a2)
ProcCmdLine: ro root=/dev/sda9
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu5
libdrm2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 02/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 5.12
dmi.board.name: NutMeg
dmi.board.vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
dmi.board.version: 1.02
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5.12:bd02/17/2009:svnHP-Pavilion:pnFQ578AAR-ABAs3707c:pvr:rvnPEGATRONCORPORATION:rnNutMeg:rvr1.02:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: FQ578AAR-ABA s3707c
dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-11-generic

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Steven Usdansky (usdanskys) wrote on 2009-09-27:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (53.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (44.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (414 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (108.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (148.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (16.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (16.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (7.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2009-09-28:

It looks like you've manually installed the nvidia driver instead of using the Ubuntu packages so your driver path is /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so instead of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so and thus the compiz startup script is failing to find it.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Invalid

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Steven Usdansky (usdanskys) wrote on 2009-09-28:

I don't believe that is the case, as all the nvidia debs are indeed installed. However, I reinstalled all of the nvidia debs and the problem persists. Furthermore

~$ dir /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/
total 4496
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-09-28 06:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2009-09-16 20:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27960 2009-04-29 22:07 fbdev_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210856 2009-09-16 12:03 nv_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4244608 2009-09-27 09:27 nvidia_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18928 2009-05-19 01:54 v4l_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27656 2009-08-15 12:36 vesa_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53272 2009-08-03 10:33 vmware_drv.so

~$ dir /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/
total 4496
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-09-28 06:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2009-09-16 20:50 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27960 2009-04-29 22:07 fbdev_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210856 2009-09-16 12:03 nv_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4244608 2009-09-27 09:27 nvidia_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18928 2009-05-19 01:54 v4l_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27656 2009-08-15 12:36 vesa_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53272 2009-08-03 10:33 vmware_drv.so

So, unless the nvidia debs are failing to overwrite any manual installation, the problem still persists as originally stated.
I have thus reverted the status to new. Will try to install the current nightly build later today to see if a fresh install alleviates the problem.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status:	Invalid → New

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Ernst (ernst-blaauw) wrote on 2009-09-29:

Here, Compiz also stopped working. Maybe this is the same problem? Because of bug report 391461 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/391461), I cannot install the version maintained by Ubuntu. This driver worked earlier for me in Karmic.

compiz-check gives:
$ ./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300] (rev a1)
Driver in use: nvidia
Rendering method: Nvidia

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [FAIL]
Checking for non power of two support... [FAIL]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
Error: Unable to detect maximum 3D texture size

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zorblek (zorblek) wrote on 2009-10-19:

Xorg.0.log Edit (45.9 KiB, application/octet-stream)

I am also experiencing this problem on Jaunty, and I have an Intel chipset and driver. When I run compiz --replace from the command line I get the following output:

Checking for Xgl: morganmay@morganmay-laptop:~$ not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

I've attached /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote on 2010-12-24:

Is anyone having this trouble anymore? We've changed how we check for capabilities needed to run compiz so this kind of problem should not happen.

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-04-21:

[Expired for compiz (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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