compiz (core) - Warn: Exceeded max texture size

[GokulChittaranjan]

Binary package hint: compiz

I get the following error when running compiz:
compiz (core) - Warn: Exceeded max texture size

Launching fallback window manager

Exactly when this occurs is not known.
When I have compiz running, it crashes randomly.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,ccp,move,resize,place,decoration,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,wall,snap,animation,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,fade,session,shift,wobbly]
Date: Wed Mar 10 22:28:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6720s
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu13
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a12] (rev 0c)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=dcc22200-5ab4-422a-a913-de06c3f99a6f ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-4ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu12
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.191-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 01/10/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68MDU Ver. F.09
dmi.board.name: 30D8
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 83.0E
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU8081Y1W
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68MDUVer.F.09:bd01/10/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq6720s:pvrF.09:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30D8:rvrKBCVersion83.0E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 6720s
dmi.product.version: F.09
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.32-16-generic

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

This is a valid thing for compiz to do. It has detected you tried to open a window that is larger than your video card can display as a texture so went back to metacity so you don't get a large black/white window.

[dRewsus (drewsus)]

@Travis
But in this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/146298 they seemed to have worked around the issue, its just outdated now.

[hnrkg (hnrkg)]

I this affects me too. This started after I upgraded to Lucid from Karmic. And it seems to occur randomly.

[GokulChittaranjan (gokulchittaranjan)]

I can confirm that the crashes happen when the tooltips that are very large pop up when i hover over a variable that's a huge matrix in Matlab.

[hnrkg (hnrkg)]

I can reproduce the same thing as Gokie in OpenOffice 3.2. 'Too large' tool tips (e.g. foot notes) makes Compiz crash with this error. This wasn't a problem in Karmic.

[Chris (bridgeriver)]

I see compiz going down with this message when my netbook (1024x600 screen, no external screen) resumes from S3 sleep. I think it's being triggered by a bug in the "gnome without ubuntu tweaks" in which very wide bubbles pop up to announce changes in the network status.

This is new with Lucid; didn't happen with Karmic on this hardware.

[StarWorm (sshishov-sshishov)]

I've upgraded my Karmic to Lucid and this error begins to occur. I have 2 monitors with dual screen mode and total virtual desktop has the size (2048x1280).
In Karmic mentioned issue didn't happen and everything works fine. But after upgrade process it's too difficult to work without compiz because working with this tool is like the habit. Especially I love "Expo" feature.
Should we hope that this problem will be fixed? Please, let me know if you need any additional information.

[Leo Iannacone (l3on)]

This bug affects me too.

ATI with two monitors.

lspci |grep VGA
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 (PCIE)]

glxinfo |grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 (R420 554F) 20090101 TCL DRI2

xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3360 x 1080, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-0 connected 1440x900+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 408mm x 255mm
   1440x900 59.9 + 75.0*
   1280x1024 75.0 60.0
   1280x960 60.0
   1152x864 75.0
   1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
   832x624 74.6
   800x600 75.0 60.3 56.2
   640x480 75.0 60.0
   720x400 70.1
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
   1920x1080 59.9*+
   1600x1200 60.0
   1680x1050 60.0
   1280x1024 60.0
   1440x900 59.9
   1280x960 60.0
   1280x800 59.8
   1024x768 60.0
   800x600 60.3 56.2
   640x480 60.0

DISPLAY=:0.0 compiz [--only-current-screen] --replace &
WARNING: Application calling GLX 1.3 function "glXCreatePixmap" when GLX 1.3 is not supported! This is an application bug!
compiz (core) - Warn: Exceeded max texture size

Launching fallback window manager

[StarWorm (sshishov-sshishov)]

I guess that the following BR is the dupe:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/561577

But there is an explanation in it related to why users begin to get mentioned error message. I've explained my standpoint concerning the issue but I guess the problem will exist till compiz-0.9.0 release at least.