*Updated* Compiz Fusion Guide on Ubuntu 7.04

[isaacj87]

Hello, My problem isn't the installation...I've got it fully installed...but how do I get Compiz Fusion to start when I boot up? I tried adding 'compiz --replace' to the sessions but when I do it gives me a black screen.

[jtraub]

I have ATi X1900 XT and proprietary drivers installed on my machine (default from Feisty repositories)

mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep texture_from_pixmap
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,

But last step of this guide ends with following errors

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.

Any ideas?

[moevmie]

Hello, I'm getting this message when i try to install it, does anybody have any idea why????

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  compiz: Depends: compiz-decorator but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

thanks in advance
m

EDIT: I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT I MANAGED TO GET IT INSTALLED NOW, I THINK THE REPOSITORIES CHANGED...

[crimesaucer]

Thank you for the nice easy guide.

[mostwanted]

Not getting any window decorations...

[BungaMan]

me neither, it gives a warning about the version:

/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) - Warn: Property ignored because version is 20061011 and decoration plugin version is 20070319

[pmj]

I didn't get any window decorations either. But then again, I've never gotten window decorations with Compiz, only with Beryl.

[Vorian]

run alt+F2
and enter:

emerald --replace &

That will give you your default emerald theme

[BungaMan]

or you can run it as

compiz --replace -c emerald &

got it from here http://forums.opencompositing.org/vi...+version#p6191
However it did not give me borders just yet because emerald was not installed
so first install it with the following command and then run the command above...

sudo apt-get install emerald

[pmj]

Neither emerald --replace nor compiz --replace -c emerald & gives me decorations. In fact, the latter one gives me the following message:

/usr/bin/compiz: line 681: 30436 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) $@ 2>> $ERROUTPUT

It continues to load though, and animations and all are working. I just have no decorations. And yes, I did install emerald.

Edit: Updates mere minutes after installation? Yup, and they fixed my problems. Emerald works now.