compiz fails to start
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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compiz (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
on fresh installs of 32/64 bit (hardy heron) final release compiz fails to start. This is also a problem when upgrading to hardy 8.04 from 7.10, the path gets changed. I had a fully functional 7.10 with all compiz effects enabled and working like a champ. after the upgrade compiz failed to start due to the below errors in the compiz file. I proceeded to do a fresh install of the final release of 8.04 and the same path problem prevented compiz from starting. editing the compiz file to reflect the correct path as shown below corrects the problem per alberto milone of Envy. can't believe no one else is seeing this problem.
Look for these lines in /usr/bin/compiz:
COMPIZ_
PLUGIN_
GLXINFO=
KWIN="/
METACITY=
COMPIZ_
and make them look like these ones (you will have to edit the file with sudo):
COMPIZ_
PLUGIN_
GLXINFO=
KWIN="/
METACITY=
COMPIZ_
Then launch compiz again and see if it works.
That is most interesting. I did fresh install, allowed the restricted drivers manager to enable the nvidia drivers and... Compiz. Did not have such problem at all.