compiz is off after login; no window borders

[khink]

Binary package hint: compiz

When i log in, i have no window borders. This seems to be due to compiz being off: when i go to System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual effects, "No effects" is checked. I check it and everything works fine. However, on the next login, i have the same situation.

I read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/432871, but re-installing compiz didn't help.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,video,wall,snap,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session,shift,wobbly]
Date: Sat Oct 17 14:45:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6710b (GR679ET#ABH)
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=0726bc2a-337e-49c0-82ed-05053d41ac79 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 05/22/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DDU Ver. F.12
dmi.board.name: 30C0
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 71.2E
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU74815FT
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DDUVer.F.12:bd05/22/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq6710b(GR679ET#ABH):pvrF.12:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C0:rvrKBCVersion71.2E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 6710b (GR679ET#ABH)
dmi.product.version: F.12
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-14-generic

[4eKucT (4ekuct25)]

same here

kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic
videocard: GeForce 6600GT
video driver: 185.18.36-0ubuntu7
compiz version: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu1

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

I can also confirm this bug with the exact same behaviour on an *upgraded* nvidia amd64 system.

uname -a
Linux tikal 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l

ii compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu8 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

?field.comment=I can also confirm this bug with the exact same behaviour on an *upgraded* nvidia amd64 system.

uname -a
Linux tikal 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l

ii compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu8 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

I can also confirm this bug with the exact same behaviour on an *upgraded* nvidia amd64 system.

uname -a
Linux tikal 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l

ii compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu8 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

?field.comment=I can also confirm this bug with the exact same behaviour on an *upgraded* nvidia amd64 system.

uname -a
Linux tikal 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l

ii compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu8 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

lspci

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

Xorg log

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

I examined .compiz and .config/compiz as well as config files in other locations and could not see any differences between the bugged box and a working box.

The following commands fixed the problem:

sudo apt-get remove --purge compiz compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-core compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-wrapper libcompizconfig0

rm -rf ~/.config/compiz

rm -rf ~/.compiz

sudo apt-get remove --purge compiz compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-core compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-wrapper libcompizconfig0

Evidently this is some sort of failed update. If others confirm the bug should be closed.

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

oops...the second apt-get command should be

sudo apt-get install compiz ...

[khink (kees-fmf)]

Just tried it, and it doesn't help. One thing is different: On login, i no longer see the spinner, but a regular mouse pointer.

[khink (kees-fmf)]

I withdraw that, the spinner is still there on reboot, it had only disappeared when i logged out and in again.

When i enable desktop effects for the first time after a reboot, it says it's looking for installable drivers for some time, is that any help?

[nanog (sorenimpey)]

Try reselecting the driver via jockey. If you have the same problem
you should be fine after a reboot.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM, khink <email address hidden> wrote:
> I withdraw that, the spinner is still there on reboot, it had only
> disappeared when i logged out and in again.
>
> When i enable desktop effects for the first time after a reboot, it says
> it's looking for installable drivers for some time, is that any help?
>
> --
> compiz is off after login; no window borders
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453912
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> of the bug.
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[khink (kees-fmf)]

Alas, i ran jockey (jockey-gtk), but no change. I still get the spinner, and no window borders. (Actually, the message i get when enabling desktop effects for the first time is this: "Searching for available drivers".) The jockey's output was: no proprietary drivers were found on the system.

[Lucious Daniels Jr (ladmatic)]

I just installed Karmic on my other machine running ATI x800 using the open source driver and I'm having to same problem. I cannot enable desktop effects. It appears to work randomly.

[khink (kees-fmf)]

Hi Lucious,
If you can't enable desktop effects then that's another bug. This bug is about having to enable desktop effects each time on startup after first login in order to get window borders.

[Taavi Palo (taavipalo)]

In my case it had something to do with .local folder in my home. After renaming that folder everything works again. I haven't had time to figure out what exactly in that folder is causing that, but I hope it gives you a glue.

[Bungaman (thisisabreachofprivacy)]

i'm sort of affected. After login I sometimes do not have borders. Most of the time it works OK but I'd say about 1 out of 6 times it fails and I need to log out/log in to get my borders back with compiz.

[khink (kees-fmf)]

In October last year, i got a new harddisk and migrated my files to this, omitting most of the "hidden" folders. This solved the problem for me. Probably there was something in the configuration files that caused this error. Taavi Palo's hint to (re)move the .local folder may be worth investigating for people who still have this issue.

For now, i guess this bug can be closed: it only happened on upgrade to Karmic, and we have moved on to Lucid now.

[khink (kees-fmf)]

Couldn't set it to "Won't fix", so i set it to "Invalid".