Desktop effects could not be enabled

[Asif Youssuff]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

Just seeing this today (after a boot). Compiz was disabled on boot, but doing compiz --replace starts it up, and it works.

Trying to enable desktop effects returns the desktop effects could not be enabled message.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jun 20 17:34:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.26.0-1ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-9.10-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-9-generic i686

[Asif Youssuff (yoasif)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 4530
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu13
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-9-generic root=UUID=581f131b-5c8b-4036-991f-396605f85828 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-9.10-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-9-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: v1.3334
dmi.board.name: Grasmoor
dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3334:bd09/18/2008:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire4530:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnGrasmoor:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 4530
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Asif Youssuff (yoasif)]

It was reproducible, but I reinstalled Karmic earlier today - if I see
it again, after I do all the updates, I will continue to report.

Basically though, I did nothing -- just did an safe-upgrade, rebooted,
and I could not enable desktop effects any more.

It persisted between reboots, but compiz --replace worked to bring
desktop effects back, so it seemed to be a gnome-appearance-settings
bug.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:43 AM, Sebastien Bacher<email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
>
>  * Is this reproducible?
>  * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
>
>  This will help us to find and resolve the problem.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
>     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - [karmic] Appearance control panel: Desktop effects could not be enabled
> + Desktop effects could not be enabled
>
> --
> Desktop effects could not be enabled
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390027
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Jeremy O'Brien (obrien654j)]

I have the same problem, with an nvidia graphics card. Running compiz --replace works for me though as well.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Same. Trying to enable compiz via System/Preferences/Appearance results in a X restart. Forcing compiz via 'compiz --replace' works.

9.10 up-to-date, Radeon X1250. I am not sure when it started (one week ago?); to get things back to working state under metacity I was still forced to 'metacity --replace', since metacity seems to be defaulting to --composite nowadays.

For me, to reproduce: all I need is to login.

[Mauricio Barragan (maubarra)]

I'm having the same problem. I'm running Karmic Alpha 3 on a Vaio T-130. The effects worked fine after install. In the "Appearance" I deactivated the effects and now can't activate them anymore, at least not through the "Appearance" dialog.

Like Asif and Jeremy I can get the effects back running compiz --replace but after a shutdown/reboot effects don't work again. I added compiz --replace to the startup programs as a workaround.

[jado (jdavilape)]

Same problem, I have a Toshiba A75.
And don't work for me ¨compiz --replace¨.
I re-installed the system but have the same problem.

jado@toshi:~$ compiz --replace
Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: present.
Software rasterizer detected, abortingaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x2a00003 (Authentica)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x2a00003 (Authentica)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.

thanks

[kkraju4u (kkraju4u)]

can't enable desktop effects
krk@KRajK:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 671MX
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS968 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 01)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA Controller / IDE mode (rev 03)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:0d.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
00:0f.0 Audio device: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio Controller
00:1f.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

please help to do it............
thanks in advance....