Comment 6 for bug 297234

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On 5/14/10, Flavio <email address hidden> wrote:
> The only way i found to skip the compiz blacklist is editing the compiz bin
> file, like suggested by zpletan here:
> http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1467202.
> After applying this changes i enabled desktop effects and in startup apps i
> put compiz --replace and gkt-window-decorator --replace.
> Now compiz works fine for me.
>
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> Blacklist confused by additional video card
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297234
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> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> I have:
>
> djs@scilly:~$ lspci|egrep '(VGA|Display)'
> 00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE
> Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200]
> (rev a1)
>
> The Intel card is blacklisted in Intrepid-updates. However, I am using the
> nVidia card, not the Intel card. The blacklist check in /usr/bin/compiz just
> checks for the presence of a blacklisted card, not whether that card is in
> use, so I see:
>
> Checking for Xgl: not present.
> Blacklisted PCIID '8086:2562' found
> aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
>
> where previously I had:
>
> Checking for Xgl: not present.
> Detected PCI ID for VGA:
> Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
> Checking for non power of two support: present.
> Checking for Composite extension: present.
> Comparing resolution (1280x1024
> 1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (4096
> 4096): /usr/bin/compiz: line 263: [: too many arguments
> /usr/bin/compiz: line 263: [: too many arguments
> Passed.
> Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
> Checking for nVidia: present.
> Checking for FBConfig: present.
> Checking for Xgl: not present.
>
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