compiz not working proporly

[soundpartner]

Binary package hint: compiz

using the oldfassioned gnome desktop on natty i have severel problems with compiz.
first of all i cant move windows around on the screen. grabbing the window at the top bar does nothing.
second normally you can disable compiz by selecting no visual effects adn then use metacitty, but that option is no longer available.
i am running an updated natty, and i have an ati grafixcard
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
using the free driver. i cant install the proporitarry driver because jockey closes unexpected, and i cant report that error cause of problems with libdrm-nouveau1a that cant be updated eather.

my only solution is starting the terminal and running nohup metacity --replace manually in order to get a working desktop

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop4-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1366x768 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wAwrtFAAAAAAAATAQOAGg546r9FlVhSiiglUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB4h1W3FAAIzA4KHgAAJAQAAAb4BhW3FAAIzA4KHgAAJAQAAAbAAAADwCMCTyMCTIUCQAw5HYCAAAA/gBMUDExNldIMS1UTEIxAM8=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat Jan 29 12:26:46 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.37-12-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-1-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21b2]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110120)
MachineType: LENOVO 35088RG
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=da_DK:da:en_GB:en
 LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=da_DK.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-1-generic root=UUID=9a2c18c9-cc9e-4da8-ae7f-3dec01dfad90 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Hardware acceleration
SourcePackage: compiz
UnitySupportTest:

dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6XET41WW (1.25 )
dmi.board.name: 35088RG
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6XET41WW(1.25):bd06/02/2010:svnLENOVO:pn35088RG:pvrThinkPadX100e:rvnLENOVO:rn35088RG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 35088RG
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X100e
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu8
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2+git20110124.fadee040-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu1

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thanks for the bug report. are you still facing the first issue of not being able to drag windows? Also the 'Visual Effects' tab was removed because now Unity is the main desktop shell and if the option to disable 'visual effects' is provided people will end up with only metacity and also the change between gnome-panel and unity is a little too big to enable people to switch between them.

About the driver problem I believe that issue should be fixed too.

If you are still facing any issue please report separate bugs for each issue.

[jchronakis (jchronakis)]

Installed Natty on the 11th of April and compiz is not working at all. I suspect it is a driver problem, glx extensions do not seem to be running.

I have an ATI Radeon 1400 (mobility) and I used to be able to run perfectly compiz since hardy originally with the proprietary driver, lately with the free one. On maverick everything was working fine.

There seems to be a number of people with the same or similar problems from this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1706031&page=3