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merville
April 29th, 2009, 02:30 PM
Hi everyone,

I have just updated to Jaunty and as my Compiz GIT install is hopelessly out of date decided to remove it and run with the Compiz packages that come with Ubuntu 9.04.

After permanent deleting Compiz and reinstalling via Synaptic, I cannot change any of my Compiz settings via Compiz Config Settings Manager. While the main window will appear, Preferences doesn't work and the plugins themselves have no content on their page.

Output from terminal when opening preferences in ccsm:



Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ccm/Pages.py", line 1311, in ShowPreferences
preferencesPage = PreferencesPage(self.Context)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ccm/Pages.py", line 1160, in __init__
self.PluginListPage = PluginListPage(context)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ccm/Pages.py", line 1007, in __init__
self.UpdateEnabledPluginsList()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ccm/Pages.py", line 1048, in UpdateEnabledPluginsList
activePlugins = self.Context.Plugins['core'].Display['active_plugins'].Value
KeyError: 'core'


Error when running fusion-icon:



* Detected Session: gnome
* Searching for installed applications...
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : default
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/fusion-icon", line 57, in <module>
from FusionIcon.interface import choose_interface
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/FusionIcon/interface.py", line 21, in <module>
from util import env
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 419, in <module>
decorators = CompizDecorators(_installed)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 226, in __init__
self.command = context.Plugins['decoration'].Display['command']
KeyError: 'decoration'



Output of dpkg -l | grep compiz:




ii compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.8.2-0ubuntu1 Collection of extra plugins from OpenComposi
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.8.2-0ubuntu2 Collection of plugins from OpenCompositing f
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported 0.7.8-0ubuntu1 Compiz Fusion plugins - "unsupported" collec
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM
ii compiz-plugins 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug
ii compiz-wrapper 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8 OpenGL window and compositing manager, wrapp
ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.8.2-0ubuntu1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.8.2-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration settings manager
rc emerald 0.7.2-0ubuntu2 Decorator for compiz-fusion
ii libcompizconfig0 0.8.2-0ubuntu1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii python-compizconfig 0.8.2-0ubuntu1 Compiz configuration system bindings





I'd really appreciate some help as I don't want to re-install Jaunty from scratch ;-)

Thanks in advance.

merville
April 30th, 2009, 09:51 AM
Having looked at this, I have decided to flatten the machine and re-install. This has cured it - its a pity though ;-)

crunchfighter
April 30th, 2009, 01:36 PM
Simple solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7183205#post7183205