Compiz-Check -- no more "Desktop effects could not be enabled"

[Forlong]

berilac, I did some research on your graphics chip and it appears it is not capable of running Compiz.
Which is odd, since the Gefore2 MX (NV11 – you have NV15) is said to be, so I assumed your card should do the job as well.

So I'm afraid you are stuck with the legacy drier which does not provide what's necessary to run Compiz.

In other words: get a newer card and you should be fine.

[berilac]

That's a shame to hear, but thank you so much for finding out. It will save me a lot more time I think.

I am persuading my folks to buy themselves a laptop, which hopefully will be a huge step forward for them. I have been keeping this pc running in pretty good shape for over 8 years now, and it still runs damn well; but it's starting to show its age.

Thanks again for all your help.
I best close this thread, or do I just leave it?

[alphageek89]

great script!
Gave me an error...said if I wanted to disable compiz-gnome and then i pressed ctrl,alt,backspace ....logged in and Desktop effects WAS enabled
Thanks Forlong.

[antipuls3]

Compiz-Check is a script to test if Compiz is able to run on your system/setup and if not, it will tell you the reason why.

Additionally you can use the output of the script to look for support here, which will make it much easier to locate your problem.

To post the output here, use the forum's [CODE] tag (# button)

The test consists mainly of three parts:

1. List relevant system information
2. Run several Compiz related checks
3. Check for problematic hardware and problems with the setup in use.

So the output will eventually look like this:

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.04
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
 Driver in use:         radeon
 Rendering method:      AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [ OK ]
 Checking for non power of two support...          [ OK ]
 Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig...                          [ OK ]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems...           [ OK ]

If anything is OK like in this example, your system is most probably able to run Compiz.
In case anything fails, in most cases you will be prompted a reason and ideally a hint how to solve the problem.

Compiz-Check will not run Compiz for you, nor will it do any changes to your system (unless you specifically say so).


Get it here and follow the instructions how to use it: http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Check

You can find more about Compiz-Check and my original intention to write it here and here.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [FAIL]
Checking for non power of two support... [FAIL]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
Error: Unable to detect maximum 3D texture size

This was just working, and now it doesn't work. I had it up, then I did a few things.. not sure what... hit ctrl-alt-backspace... did something maybe? Thanks!!!!!

[Shpongle]

great script forlong thanks

[bill_riley]

Hey! Recently I had my tablet pc fixed with xorg. Beforehand my desktop effects worked perfectly, now not so much. Thanks in advance.

Compiz-Check in terminal:

 Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.10
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
 Driver in use:         intel
 Rendering method:      AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [FAIL]
 Checking for non power of two support...          [FAIL]
 Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig...                          [FAIL]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems...           [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
 Error: Unable to detect maximum 3D texture size

Compiz in terminal:

william@william-laptop:~$ compiz
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. 
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. 
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

[Forlong]

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [FAIL]
Checking for non power of two support... [FAIL]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
Error: Unable to detect maximum 3D texture size

Please post the FULL output here.

[Forlong]

Compiz-Check in terminal:
[CODE] Distribution: Ubuntu 8.10
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
Driver in use: intel
Rendering method: AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [FAIL]
Checking for non power of two support... [FAIL]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [FAIL]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
Error: Unable to detect maximum 3D texture size

Please post the output of

dpkg -l | grep 'nvidia\|fglrx'

[veganbikepunk]

paxana@compy:~$ compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.10
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc RV535 [Radeon X1650 Series] (rev 9e)
 Driver in use:         fglrx
 Rendering method:      AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [FAIL]
 Checking for non power of two support...          [FAIL]
 Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig...                          [FAIL]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems...X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  158 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request:  10
  Current serial number in output stream:  10
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  158 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request:  10
  Current serial number in output stream:  10
           [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
 Error: Unable to detect fglrx driver version in use.

paxana@compy:~$ compiz
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. 
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. 
SKIP_CHECKS is yes, so continuing despite problems.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present. 
Checking for nVidia: not present. 
Checking for FBConfig: X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  158 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request:  10
  Current serial number in output stream:  10
not present. 
SKIP_CHECKS is yes, so continuing despite problems.
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Fatal: glXCreateContext failed
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "on"
	Option	    "IgnoreABI" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "IgnoreABI" "True"
EndSection

[maxclimber1w]

Hmmm... I had compiz working until yesterday. Then it just stopped. All I did inbetween was install google earth and play on the internet...

max@dell-desktop:~$ compiz --replace &  
[1] 7951
max@dell-desktop:~$ Checking for Xgl: not present. 
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. 
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present. 
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity 

max@dell-desktop:~$ ./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.10
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
 Driver in use:         fglrx
 Rendering method:      AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [FAIL]
 Checking for non power of two support...          [FAIL]
 Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig...                          [FAIL]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems...X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  144 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request:  12
  Current serial number in output stream:  12
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  144 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request:  12
  Current serial number in output stream:  12
           [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
 Error: Unable to detect fglrx driver version in use.

Help!