Compiz doesn't start

[Mike]

Binary package hint: compiz

Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

Warns about "No GLXFBConfig for depth 32"
When doing a compiz --replace --debug it cannot find /usr/lib/compiz/libcore.so (which is not in the directory /usr/lib/compiz/)

NVIDIA Quadro 320M NVS
ADDARGGLXVisuals or any other settings in xorg.conf doesn't have an influence
Removing ~/.gconf/apps/compiz also doesn't solve it

The same happened with Karmic after a kernel update.
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-16-generic, x86_64: installed
GdmLog2: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 8710p (GC102EA#ACQ)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers (not installed)
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
 Socket 1:
   3.3V 16-bit PC Card
   Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia"
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=b6a6b04e-2311-4612-ab17-47045adb9e10 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_ZA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
Tags: lucid lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68MAD Ver. F.06
dmi.board.name: 30C3
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 73.31
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68MADVer.F.06:bd11/29/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq8710p(GC102EA#ACQ):pvrF.06:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30C3:rvrKBCVersion73.31:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 8710p (GC102EA#ACQ)
dmi.product.version: F.06
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

Those debug messages are normal, the missing GLXFBConfig is going to be a driver or configuration problem.

[Robert Hooker (sarvatt)]

Can you please run apport-collect 556426 to attach the logs we'll need to help troubleshoot this problem to the bug report? I'm guessing you installed nvidia-current via apt-get and not jockey and the GL stuff was not set up properly because of that.

[Mike (mvniekerk)]

Hi Robert
Thanks, I did the apport-collect 556426 but the site gets stuck at the "Almost finished ..." mark. I think it is the apt-get. A few months ago I did tried to install the 195 drivers (better vdpau support) from a ppa. After a kernel upgrade things went sour. The uninstallation of that packages, removal of the source in /etc/sources.list and dist-upgrade to Lucid obviously did not work.

Any way for me to revert it to stock settings?

[Mike (mvniekerk)]

Did a fresh format + reinstall of Lucid. Installed "nvidia-current" from the third party driver installer jockey. Still the same problem.

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Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

to my xorg.conf file. No improvement but there was a change though. compiz --replace --debug & gives out this debug:

(gtk-window-decorator:1774): metacity-CRITICAL **: meta_frame_style_draw_with_style: assertion `style_gtk->colormap == gdk_drawable_get_colormap (drawable)' failed

(gtk-window-decorator:1774): Gdk-WARNING **: Using Cairo rendering requires the drawable argument to
have a specified colormap. All windows have a colormap,
however, pixmaps only have colormap by default if they
were created with a non-NULL window argument. Otherwise
a colormap must be set on them with gdk_drawable_set_colormap

This keeps on repeating between the CRITICAL part and the WARNING part

[Mike (mvniekerk)]

Today (April 07)'s nvidia-modalias and jockey updates seemed to have fixed it.