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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by knight666 View Post
    Hi,

    Thanks for the advice in this thread, it really helped me out.
    But I still have an annoying problem: I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 with all the latest updates on a Compaq Evo N610c (1.8 Ghz Mobile Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 32 MB), and with some haxxing (manually installing xserver-xgl, changing xorg.conf, etc) I got Compiz working.
    But, not entirely.
    Scrolling is very slow in windows and even though glxgears says I have an fps of 35-45 (under Compiz) and 75-80 (under Metacity), the window looks extremely choppy.

    When I open a menu under Compiz, there is a white bar next to the end of the alpha blend shadow.

    Finally, this is the output of compiz:
    Code:
    Checking for Xgl: present.
    Checking for nVidia: not present.
    Checkign for Xgl: present.
    GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove the value so that operation can continue properly.
    The option is set to its default value, "[]".

    Help? <
    OK, let's first uninstall xserver-xgl, I don't think you want that (I don't have it and I don't run laggy). Other people have complained in other threads about lag on all different types of cards and I'm tempted to say its because of xserver-xgl, so you're gonna test that out for me It can always be reinstalled of course. Please post the output of all of these commands exactly as they appear in your terminal.
    Code:
    metacity --replace
    sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xgl
    cat ~/.gconf/apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge
    compiz --replace

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    I've followed this tutorial (and others) but I still cant "extra" visual effects enabled. I think I'm on the brink of cracking it, but I can't quite figure it out.

    My output from compiz --replace is
    Code:
    mark@laptop:~$ compiz --replace
    Checking for Xgl: not present. 
    Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:05.0 0300: 1002:5975 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    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. 
    Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
    Checking for nVidia: not present. 
    Checking for FBConfig: present. 
    Checking for Xgl: not present. 
    /usr/local/bin/compiz: 409: /usr/local/bin/compiz.real: not found
    Rocket2DMn really seems to know what s/he's on about so I'm hoping I can be helped like the rest of the people in this thread. I miss my desktop effects

    My GFX card is an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100. This is the laptop I'm using

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by BoardStupid View Post
    I've followed this tutorial (and others) but I still cant "extra" visual effects enabled. I think I'm on the brink of cracking it, but I can't quite figure it out.

    My output from compiz --replace is
    Code:
    mark@laptop:~$ compiz --replace
    Checking for Xgl: not present. 
    Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:05.0 0300: 1002:5975 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    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. 
    Comparing resolution (1280x800) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
    Checking for nVidia: not present. 
    Checking for FBConfig: present. 
    Checking for Xgl: not present. 
    /usr/local/bin/compiz: 409: /usr/local/bin/compiz.real: not found
    Rocket2DMn really seems to know what s/he's on about so I'm hoping I can be helped like the rest of the people in this thread. I miss my desktop effects

    My GFX card is an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100. This is the laptop I'm using
    Can you please post the output of the following commands:
    Code:
    lspci | grep VGA
    cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    I followed the instructions above but got this error message:

    beyond@beyond-desktop:~$ compiz --replace
    Checking for Xgl: not present.
    Detected PCI ID for VGA: 02:02.0 0300: 1002:5960 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    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.
    Comparing resolution (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
    Checking for nVidia: not present.
    Checking for FBConfig: present.
    Checking for Xgl: not present.
    GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.

    I have a ATI Radeon 9200
    Intel Pentium 4 Prescott HT 800MHz FSB, 2048 MB DDR2, 128MB NVidia Ti 4200 / 256MB ATI Radeon 9200, 2x 260GB Maxtor & 160GB Seagate, 580W PS. Unbuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron ***Modded Motorola cable modem***

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by b3y0nd View Post
    I followed the instructions above but got this error message:

    beyond@beyond-desktop:~$ compiz --replace
    Checking for Xgl: not present.
    Detected PCI ID for VGA: 02:02.0 0300: 1002:5960 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    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.
    Comparing resolution (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
    Checking for nVidia: not present.
    Checking for FBConfig: present.
    Checking for Xgl: not present.
    GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.

    I have a ATI Radeon 9200
    I've seen this a few times, but people haven't gotten back to me. I need to see the output of
    Code:
    cat ~/.gconf/apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    Thanks for the super quick reply.
    Code:
    mark@laptop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
    01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
    And:
    Code:
    mark@laptop:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier	"Default Screen"
    	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
    	Device		"Configured Video Device"
    	Defaultdepth	24
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
    	Option		"UseFBDev"	"true"
    	Option		"VideoOverlay"	"on"
    	Option		"OpenGLOverlay"	"off"
    	Driver		"fglrx"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
    	Driver		"kbd"
    	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
    	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
    	Option		"XkbLayout"	"uk"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
    	Driver		"mouse"
    	Option		"CorePointer"
    	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier	"Synaptics Touchpad"
    	Driver		"synaptics"
    	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
    	Option		"Device"	"/dev/psaux"
    	Option		"Protocol"	"auto-dev"
    	Option		"HorizEdgeScroll"	"0"
    EndSection
    
    Section "ServerLayout"
    	Identifier	"Default Layout"
      screen "Default Screen"
    	Inputdevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
    EndSection
    Could you give a quick brief of what you're looking for so I know why I'm doing this if it happens again? Thanks again for the help

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    double post. Sorry :s
    Last edited by BoardStupid; April 27th, 2008 at 08:26 PM.

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by BoardStupid View Post
    Thanks for the super quick reply.
    Code:
    mark@laptop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
    01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
    And:
    Code:
    mark@laptop:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier	"Default Screen"
    	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
    	Device		"Configured Video Device"
    	Defaultdepth	24
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
    	Option		"UseFBDev"	"true"
    	Option		"VideoOverlay"	"on"
    	Option		"OpenGLOverlay"	"off"
    	Driver		"fglrx"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
    	Driver		"kbd"
    	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
    	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
    	Option		"XkbLayout"	"uk"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
    	Driver		"mouse"
    	Option		"CorePointer"
    	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier	"Synaptics Touchpad"
    	Driver		"synaptics"
    	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
    	Option		"Device"	"/dev/psaux"
    	Option		"Protocol"	"auto-dev"
    	Option		"HorizEdgeScroll"	"0"
    EndSection
    
    Section "ServerLayout"
    	Identifier	"Default Layout"
      screen "Default Screen"
    	Inputdevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
    EndSection
    Could you give a quick brief of what you're looking for so I know why I'm doing this if it happens again? Thanks again for the help
    OK, it shows that you are using the restricted fglrx drivers for your card. Did you set these up yourself? A brief google search shows that this card probably should be using the fglrx drivers rather than the open source ones (which this thread is about, but that's ok). You should try using EnvyNG to download the correct restricted drivers for your card. You can follow directions here - http://albertomilone.com/envyngfaq.html#A

    Earlier you said "/usr/local/bin/compiz: 409: /usr/local/bin/compiz.real: not found" as part of the compiz --replace output, which is strange because that is not where compiz is supposed to be. Hopefully installing the correct video drivers with EnvyNG will get you going, otherwise you may need to reinstall compiz itself.

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    I already had Envy installed but read that I had to completely remove end install EnvyNG for Hardy, so I went ahead and did that. I then used EnvyNG to automatically install the ATI driver.
    I then saw in another post that Compiz and all it's components must be completley removed and re-installed so I did that also.

    I will try uninstalling Compiz and my driver again and reinstalling everything again to see if that makes any difference. Is it worth uninstalling other things such as AWN and Screenlets too, as these both rely on advance desktop settings being active?

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    Re: HowTo: Compiz Fusion in Hardy on cards with "ati"/"radeon" open source drivers

    Don't bother with the other stuff, just Compiz and video drivers.

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