compiz stopped working
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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compiz (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: compiz
I'm using a Thinkpad Z61T with integrated Intel i945 graphics card. Two days ago compiz effects stopped working on my machine for no apparent reason. When I attempt to enable them on the 'Appearance' menu, an error message pops up saying that desktop effects could not be started.
Starting compiz from the CLI reports:
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: present.
Software rasterizer detected, abortingaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/osinski/
Please note that previous to this compiz had never had any sort of issue.
Update: Problem was resolved by removing the "Virtual" section on Xorg.conf. Nontheless a regular user who had no idea about this file wouldn't have known about this. The "Virtual" section was added when I attached another monitor and extended my desktop with it.
Could a feature request be included for Desktop Effects so that the user may know when the virtual resolution of a desktop is too large to be supported by the video card?
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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help make Ubuntu better. Please attach your /var/log/ Xorg.0. log, /etc/X11/xorg.conf and ~/.xsession-errors to this bug report after attempting to enable desktop effects.
Thanks in advance