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kdebase-workspace package

KDE desktop-effects not working

Bug #647467 reported by Yves Glodt on 2010-09-25

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Affecting:	kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Filed here by:	Yves Glodt
When:	2010-09-25
Completed:	2011-10-02

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Bug Description

Using maverick on amd64, fully upgraded, KDE desktop-effects do not work since some time.

When trying to enable them via kwin config I get this information:

"Desktop effects are not available on this system due to the following technical issues:"

But no issue is listed.

Log when launching kwin manually:

kwin() KWin::Workspace::setupCompositing: Initializing OpenGL compositing
kwin() KWin::Workspace::setupCompositing: KWin has detected that your OpenGL library is unsafe to use, falling back to XRender.
kwin(): Failed to initialize compositing, compositing disabled

For debugging I tried to run glxgears, which work,s but only at 280 fps

Xorg log shows nothing suspicious.
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
Package: kdebase-workspace 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fax firebird floppy fuse kvm lpadmin plugdev sambashare scanner src syslog

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Yves Glodt (yglodt) on 2010-09-25

tags:

added: kde

Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote on 2010-09-25:

hello
Can you please run in a terminal
apport-collect -p kdebase-workspace 647467
Thanks
Fabio

affects:	ubuntu → kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
tags:	added: kubuntu removed: kde
Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

Yves Glodt (yglodt) wrote on 2010-09-26: Dependencies.txt

Dependencies.txt Edit (9.2 KiB, text/plain)

apport information

tags:	added: apport-collected
description:	updated

Yves Glodt (yglodt) wrote on 2010-09-27:

Xorg.0.log Edit (44.3 KiB, text/plain)

In case it could be useful, here Xorg.log.

Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) on 2010-09-27

Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → New

Yves Glodt (yglodt) wrote on 2010-09-28:

Maybe the latest release of xf86-video-ati (6.13.2 from yesterday) would help:

http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-driver-ati/2010-September/017206.html

Charles Opondo (charlesopondo) wrote on 2010-10-12:

I reported a similar bug today and I've been trying to find it (with no success) so that I can give an update: I have found that I can get desktop effects to work by clearing the 'enable functionality checks' checkbox. I hope this is relevant, please ignore if it isn't.

Yves Glodt (yglodt) wrote on 2010-12-26:

Same on natty. Any more information you need from my system?

Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote on 2011-10-02:

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!