Compiz couldn't be started - Couldn't find a perfect decorator match; trying all decorators Found no decorator to start

[Norbert Moldován]

Binary package hint: compiz

When trying to start compiz the message is:

Couldn't find a perfect decorator match; trying all decorators
Found no decorator to start

When trying to set normal effects at Appearance Properties, the window behaves like in this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/554106 but compiz is not started.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: compiz (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
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]
Date: Sat Apr 10 10:41:49 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=e1540f1d-9ff8-472e-a962-19aa74bcb4b6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7.1-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.18-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.192-2ubuntu2
SourcePackage: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.20
dmi.board.name: K7Upgrade-880
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.20:bd11/29/2004:svn:pnK7Upgrade-880:pvr1.00:rvn:rnK7Upgrade-880:rvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: K7Upgrade-880
dmi.product.version: 1.00
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.32-19-generic

[Norbert Moldován (moldovannorbert)]

OK, compiz was not installed by default or was removed before by an update.

[Jelle Foks (jellefoks)]

Happened to me too, while it was working before. Got it working again after following the hint in #216204: apt-get install compiz compiz-gnome

So perhaps this should be noted as a duplicate of that bug.

One of the 'apt-get dist-upgrade's of last week must have caused it. I didn't notice it until after a system reboot.

[Sergey K (koblin)]

I have this issue too!