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Originally Posted by RAOF
ohh.. that's nice to know
I just wanted to say that this method worked for me, too. I admit, I only did it a couple minutes ago, but so far everything is good. If I remember, I'll post if anything is broken.
My configuration: Custom built desktop with an MSI P55-GD3 motherboard, Nvidia GTS 240 1GB GPU, 4 GB Corsair RAM, D-Link wireless card, 3 HDDs of various sizes, all wrapped up in an Antec 900 case with 5 fans and a Corsair 650W power supply.
Hmm... this hasn't worked for me.
Here's the output of 'compiz --replace':
Any ideas would be helpful. compiz isn't neccessary for me, but it is nice.Code:mcleanj@mcleanj:~$ mkdir -p ~/.config/compiz/ && echo SKIP_CHECKS=yes >> ~/.config/compiz/compiz-manager mcleanj@mcleanj:~$ compiz --replace Checking for Xgl: not present. Found laptop using ati driver. SKIP_CHECKS is yes, so continuing despite problems. Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. Checking for non power of two support: present. Checking for Composite extension: present. Comparing resolution (1680x1050) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed. Checking for nVidia: not present. Checking for FBConfig: present. Checking for Xgl: not present. /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Fatal: No GLXFBConfig for default depth, this isn't going to work. /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
Did you upgrade to Hardy or did you do a fresh install?
First try reconfiguring X
Now restart X with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACECode:sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
If it still doesn't work, you may want to try reinstalling compiz
Code:sudo apt-get remove --purge compiz sudo apt-get install compiz
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Thanks for your reply, really appreciate it!
I just did that but it did not help.
Not as far as I can see, except for $LIBGL_DRIVERS which is "/usr/lib/dri"
No, I've never tried building mesa by myself.
Yes, $LD_LIBRARY_PATH is "/usr/lib/xorg", $LD_PRELOAD is empty.
Yes, of course you're right, I know that and normally don't do this but I read in another thread that a guy tried it "successfully" and I just wanted to check. Also, this means basically my environment is able to run 3D applications, just as normal user I'm not. Of course I already tried moving ~/.compizconfig and ~/.emerald out of the way but that wasn't it.
reconfiguring and restarting the X server didn't work, and neither did reinstalling compiz.
EDIT: nevermind, I've got it working great now!
Last edited by john91; April 30th, 2008 at 03:34 PM.
A follow-up to my own post, I had an idea just after writing it: since compiz was working when started as root and not if started as ordinary user, it must have something do to with my environment (variables). And voilà, I unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH and now compiz starts like a charm.
Now there's my next problem: where is this LD_LIBRARY_PATH being set? I just tried and added another user to the system - and this users has LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to /usr/lib/xorg just like me, so this must be something system-wide.. /etc/bash.bashrc does not contain it and putting "unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH" into ~/.bashrc doesn't do the trick either.. do you have any idea where this variable is being set?
Thanks a lot for your help already RAOF, you put me into the right direction!
I followed the steps in the first post to add in the skip checks, and I still wasn't getting compiz running. I eventually figured out that my xorg.conf wasn't configured at all.
this is my video card: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01)
My xorg.conf was this http://ubuntuusers.de/paste/209267/
I figured out I needed to change "vesa" to "ati". After doing that and reloading x, (and having already put the skip text in), compiz was working.
Since it looks like my xorg.conf wasn't configured beyond default initially, i was trying to get it set up correctly. I haven't had the best luck searching around and I was hoping you guys could point me somewhere to figure out what settings I need to have in there for best performance, or if there is some util to help me do that. I'm also going to eventually be trying to get my second monitor working hopefully, so any tips in that area are appreciated.
thanks for the help
The new version of X seems to rely more on autodetection than xorg.conf, and to be honest, it has made it a pain in the butt to configure X for cards that aren't autodetected. However, you should be able to use the default xorg.conf (works for me on the same card). If you run
then restart X with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE, xorg.conf will reset itself to the autodetected defaults for your system. At this point, you should be able to use compiz since you added the SKIP_CHECKS.Code:sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
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