Activating compiz on Intel chipsets does not work via GUI

[Martin Emrich]

Binary package hint: compiz

I am running current karmic i386 on an Asus Eee PC 900 (Intel 915 graphics). When I try to enable desktop effects via Settings->Appearance, I tries searching for drivers and then tells me that the desktop effects could not be enabled.

If I just run "compiz --replace", compiz works without problems.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I just tried again, it still does not work via the Appearance dialog. If I try it, I see this in my .xsession-errors file:

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Für Ihr System ist kein composite-fähiger Grafiktreiber verfügbar, oder der aktuelle unterstützt es bereits.
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: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1024x600) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
running under gnome seesion, checking for gnomecompat
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
Fenstermanager-Warnung: Gespeicherte Sitzungsdatei /home/martin/.config/metacity/sessions/101e9d91667d390287125095923352255500000029750026.ms konnte nicht gelesen werden: Datei »/home/martin/.config/metacity/sessions/101e9d91667d390287125095923352255500000029750026.ms« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: No such file or directory
Fenstermanager-Warnung: Bildschirm 0 auf Anzeige »:0.0« hat bereits einen Fenstermanager; Geben Sie die Option »--replace« an, um zu versuchen, den aktuellen Fenstermanager zu ersetzen.
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The last two lines appear over and over again.

If I run compiz manually (and kill the left-over metacity process), compiz still works without problems.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I just noticed the same problem on my Thinkpad X200 (Intel GMA4500MHD graphics), so I changed the title of the bug report.

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

This looks kind of like bug 389696 which is a problem with metacity telling the session manager to keep starting it over and over.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

Hmm, the bug you linked is something about a battery warning, I think you mean Bug #389686. I experienced it some time ago, but then compiz could be enabled (metacity just kept running, which could be "fixed" by logging off and on again). Here, I cannot enable compiz in the first place.

By now, I managed to enable compiz permanently by entering it via gconf-editor. This is of course not for everyone :)

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

Actually this was a bug in gnome-appearance-properties and I fixed it a couple weeks ago in karmic so this problem should be gone now.

[PhilboBaggins (ppoletti-gmail)]

This bug is still present.

I get the following when trying "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: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1366x768) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: present.
Software rasterizer detected, abortingaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

You have a different problem. Somehow your hardware acceleration is completely disabled.