Bug when activating Compiz - Ubuntu 9.10 - ATI

[Johnwolf]

Binary package hint: compiz

This append after trying a solution to activate extra effect that I found on ubuntu-fr forum :

mkdir -p ~/.config/compiz/ && echo SKIP_CHECKS=yes >> ~/.config/compiz/compiz-manager

after, I tried to activate Extra Effect and I got this bug

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: compiz.real: ../../src/xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data != ((void *)0)' failed.
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,dbus,place,mousepoll,gnomecompat,move,resize,decoration,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,video,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session,shift,wobbly]
Date: Thu Oct 8 12:20:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. MM061
Package: compiz-core 1:0.8.3+git20091005-0ubuntu5
PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 [1002:7145]
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-12-generic root=UUID=c4bf30c1-c98a-4763-bca2-c5ca092c560f ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace --replace move resize place decoration animation ccp
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu8
 libdrm2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu3
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu3
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: compiz
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 _XRead () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
Title: compiz.real assert failure: compiz.real: ../../src/xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data != ((void *)0)' failed.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A14
dmi.board.name: 0XD720
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd04/02/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0XD720:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MM061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-12-generic

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