Compiz/Window manager fails to load on login

[mstfa cmly]

Binary package hint: compiz

This only happens on the primary profile on the PC.

When I log in, no window decorations (neither Metacity or Emerald) are present, and I have to manually activate them.

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: ba54cdc289096a0ab3c64b2848054a92
CheckboxSystem: 46f09c1998a067682e63e8785346abf0
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,firepaint,shelf,crashhandler,svg,commands,mousepoll,gnomecompat,imgjpeg,png,winrules,regex,glib,screenshot,vpswitch,dbus,text,session,extrawm,blur,wobbly,video,shift,obs,animationaddon,fade,cube,group,3d,scale,scaleaddon,rotate,cubeaddon,expo,ezoom,switcher,bench]
Date: Thu Dec 17 08:20:24 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Gateway GT5232H
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] [10de:0622] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=4b845825-8448-4c3c-8fb1-ae0dfc037b3c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
 xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: K2BC51G/PV
dmi.board.vendor: First International Computer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: PCB 1.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag Number xxxxxx
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
dmi.chassis.version: Version xx
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd10/24/2006:svnGateway:pnGT5232H:pvrSYS-xxxxxx:rvnFirstInternationalComputer,Inc.:rnK2BC51G/PV:rvrPCB1.x:cvnGateway:ct3:cvrVersionxx:
dmi.product.name: GT5232H
dmi.product.version: SYS-xxxxxx
dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-16-generic

[Darren Faulke (darren-alidaf)]

I have exactly the same problem although on few occasions it does manage to start. Is there some way to order the start-up sequence of services since manually starting it by hand always works.

[Markus Schulz (schulz-alpharesearch)]

I have this problem since I boosted my hard drive speed. 2/3 of the time emerald starts up fine but 1/3 it doesn't. I think emerald is now loading to early, I had a normal HDD with 80 MB/s - now I have two SSD with RAID0 with 500 MB/s; this changed my boot time from 75 seconds to 15 seconds (this includes the start of Firefox and Thunderbird etc...). As a workaround I put emerald --replace in my auto start. But I just did this today and I'm not sure if this will help... but I will report back... I guess compiz should check if the windows manager did load... and if not try again.

[Markus Schulz (schulz-alpharesearch)]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1491622 here you can see the speed improvement (see second post for RAID).

[Michael G. Vlachos (mgvlachos)]

Hi,

I have the same provlem. Please read below.

When I log off or restart the system after I login metacity and compiz are not start. What I do is to open Appereance settings go to visual effects and from none chose the Extra and then everything goes back to normal. The problem is that when I log off I have to redo the same procedure beacause metacity is not loading and the visual Effects set back to none.

[mstfa cmly (mstfacmly)]

Michael, all, I was able to fix the issue for myself this way:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8573694&postcount=4

When I logged back in, the the effects were set back to "none". I selected my preference, logged out, back in, and they were still working.

[Michael G. Vlachos (mgvlachos)]

I found the files according to the solutions you found but what I have to do
with that files?

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Moustafa Chamli <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Michael, all, I was able to fix the issue for myself this way:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8573694&postcount=4
>
> When I logged back in, the the effects were set back to "none". I
> selected my preference, logged out, back in, and they were still
> working.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/497756
>
> Title:
> Compiz/Window manager fails to load on login
>
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> This only happens on the primary profile on the PC.
>
> When I log in, no window decorations (neither Metacity or Emerald) are
> present, and I have to manually activate them.
>
> Description: Ubuntu 9.10
> Release: 9.10
>
> compiz:
> Installed: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> CheckboxSubmission: ba54cdc289096a0ab3c64b2848054a92
> CheckboxSystem: 46f09c1998a067682e63e8785346abf0
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,firepaint,shelf,crashhandler,svg,commands,mousepoll,gnomecompat,imgjpeg,png,winrules,regex,glib,screenshot,vpswitch,dbus,text,session,extrawm,blur,wobbly,video,shift,obs,animationaddon,fade,cube,group,3d,scale,scaleaddon,rotate,cubeaddon,expo,ezoom,switcher,bench]
> Date: Thu Dec 17 08:20:24 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
> MachineType: Gateway GT5232H
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
> PackageArchitecture: all
> PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation
> G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] [10de:0622] (rev a1)
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
> root=UUID=4b845825-8448-4c3c-8fb1-ae0dfc037b3c ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
> libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
> libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
> xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
> SourcePackage: compiz
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
> dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2006
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
> dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
> dmi.board.name: K2BC51G/PV
> dmi.board.vendor: First International Computer, Inc.
> dmi.board.version: PCB 1.x
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag Number xxxxxx
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
> dmi.chassis.version: Version xx
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd10/24/2006:svnGateway:pnGT5232H:pvrSYS-xxxxxx:rvnFirstInternationalComputer,Inc.:rnK2BC51G/PV:rvrPCB1.x:cvnGateway:ct3:cvrVersionxx:
> dmi.product.name: GT5232H
> dmi.product.version: SYS-xxxxxx
> ...

[mstfa cmly (mstfacmly)]

Michael: You simply need to delete them.

Log out and back in. It's possible Compiz won't be enabled, just enable it and it should keep working afterwards.

[Michael G. Vlachos (mgvlachos)]

This resolve my problem. Thanks a lot.

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Moustafa Chamli
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Michael: You simply need to delete them.
>
> Log out and back in. It's possible Compiz won't be enabled, just enable
> it and it should keep working afterwards.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/497756
>
> Title:
> Compiz/Window manager fails to load on login
>
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> This only happens on the primary profile on the PC.
>
> When I log in, no window decorations (neither Metacity or Emerald) are
> present, and I have to manually activate them.
>
> Description: Ubuntu 9.10
> Release: 9.10
>
> compiz:
> Installed: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> CheckboxSubmission: ba54cdc289096a0ab3c64b2848054a92
> CheckboxSystem: 46f09c1998a067682e63e8785346abf0
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,firepaint,shelf,crashhandler,svg,commands,mousepoll,gnomecompat,imgjpeg,png,winrules,regex,glib,screenshot,vpswitch,dbus,text,session,extrawm,blur,wobbly,video,shift,obs,animationaddon,fade,cube,group,3d,scale,scaleaddon,rotate,cubeaddon,expo,ezoom,switcher,bench]
> Date: Thu Dec 17 08:20:24 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
> MachineType: Gateway GT5232H
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
> PackageArchitecture: all
> PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation
> G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] [10de:0622] (rev a1)
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
> root=UUID=4b845825-8448-4c3c-8fb1-ae0dfc037b3c ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
> libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
> libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
> xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
> SourcePackage: compiz
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
> dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2006
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
> dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
> dmi.board.name: K2BC51G/PV
> dmi.board.vendor: First International Computer, Inc.
> dmi.board.version: PCB 1.x
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag Number xxxxxx
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
> dmi.chassis.version: Version xx
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd10/24/2006:svnGateway:pnGT5232H:pvrSYS-xxxxxx:rvnFirstInternationalComputer,Inc.:rnK2BC51G/PV:rvrPCB1.x:cvnGateway:ct3:cvrVersionxx:
> dmi.product.name: GT5232H
> dmi.product.version: SYS-xxxxxx
> dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway
> system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-16-generic
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.ne...

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

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