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

[Forlong]

could you tell me if compiz supports this graphics chip, and if it does what should i try next

Well, unfortunately it's the other way round: Sis does not support Compiz (or Linux in general).
Therefore, it's not possible to run Compiz on Sis hardware at the moment, I'm afraid.

[dtom2444]

ok, here is my output:

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Ubuntu 8.10
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
 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

Lol, so i guess from all the fails, i won't be able to run compiz again. But, as i previously stated:

when i first installed Ubuntu 8.10, all was well. I set the visual effects all the way to extra and it ran perfect. after using GParted to allocate more memory to my Ubuntu partition, i now get the dreaded "Desktop effects could not be enabled."

After running this check, everything except the composite extension part says fail and the last one says skip. Would this mean my integrated graphics were blacklisted? why the sudden change? Does anyone think reinstalling Ubuntu will fix this?

[Forlong]

What's the ouput of

dpkg -l | grep 'nvidia\|fglrx'

[wiebeest]

Well, unfortunately it's the other way round: Sis does not support Compiz (or Linux in general).
Therefore, it's not possible to run Compiz on Sis hardware at the moment, I'm afraid.

Can't that newly released S3 graphics driver do any benefit?
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...l3_vaapi&num=1

According to that article on phoronix.com "S3 Graphics Releases Linux Driver With OpenGL 3.0, VA-API".

Fortheron I read "This driver package is officially supported by S3 Graphics on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10," and "The S3 Chrome 500 Linux driver is capable of hardware 2D acceleration using both XAA and EXA. This driver also supports Xinerama and Compiz, but currently there is no support for RandR 1.2."

So, as I read it, with this appearently recently released driver Compiz should now be made possible under Ubuntu on S3/VIA chipsets, or am I wrong?

Any one more into this? I have a friend whom I recently changed his desktop system from a crashed Windows XP os to Ubuntu 8.10.
Everything seems to work except for 3D acceleration. I would really want to make his system work with Compiz enabled.

For what I've read about it up till now is that indeed Intel, nVidia and Ati cards were able to make working with Compiz, but with S3/Via cards 3d/compiz effect were not possible.

Would this newly released S3 Linux driver finally make a Compiz on those integrated GPUś possible since it claims "The S3 Chrome 500 Linux driver is capable of hardware 2D acceleration using both XAA and EXA. This driver also supports ...Compiz"?

Please elude me.

Sincere greetings,

Wiebeest

[nush]

You may look here SiS 661/741

sorry for the long delay, work gets in the way sometimes
thanks overdrank
thanks forlong

[Forlong]

Can't that newly released S3 graphics driver do any benefit?
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...l3_vaapi&num=1

I am not sure where the connection to Sis is in that case.
It's nice to see S3 providing a new driver for their hardware but that won't be of much help in this case.

Please let me know if anyone succeeds in running Compiz on S3 hardware, though.

[androidkerra]

Openchrome is the driver for your graphics chip.

VIA's support for Linux has been very poor in the past, that's why Ubuntu can't provide any driver by default that is capable of running Comipz.

There might be a chance that you can get it to work with one of those beta drivers here: http://linux.via.com.tw

too bad for me, none of the drivers where compatible on my card
guess i have to skip the one of the funnest things to do on linux

needs to buy a more powerful machine

thanks for the help forlong!!!

cheers!!!

[mgw2008]

I had compiz working but after installation of several packages it doesn't work anymore.

I also can't enable the visual effects "extra".


Here is the output
Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 8.10
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
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

[Forlong]

Please post the ouput of

dpkg -l | grep 'nvidia\|fglrx'

[mgw2008]

Please post the ouput of

dpkg -l | grep 'nvidia\|fglrx'

ii  fglrx-kernel-source                        2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1                      Kernel module source for the ATI graphics acce
ii  fglrx-modaliases                           2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1                      Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driv
ii  nvidia-173-modaliases                      173.14.12-1-0ubuntu5.1                  Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii  nvidia-177-modaliases                      177.82-0ubuntu0.1                       Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii  nvidia-71-modaliases                       71.86.04-0ubuntu10                      Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii  nvidia-96-modaliases                       96.43.09-0ubuntu1.1                     Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
ii  nvidia-common                              0.2.4                                   Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii  xorg-driver-fglrx                          2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1                      Video driver for the ATI graphics accelerators
ii  xorg-driver-fglrx-dev                      2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1                      Video driver for the ATI graphics accelerators