COMPIZ: sphere or cylinder not working in v10.04

[doublewitt]

I'm happy with my new upgrade to 10.04!
I've discovered though, that in compiz settings, though activated, the sphere and the cylinder no longer work. What can I do to fix this? Something changed in the upgrade process and they no longer work - only the cube works...

[cloyd]

You are not alone. I tried a live usb on my Gateway LT3103u Netbook. I set the USB to be persistent, and installed compiz.There was no option in the compiz configuration menu for cube deformation. Had a few other issues, too. It ran my CPU about 10 degrees hotter, and screen scrambled upon going to Google. But somehow, the whole thing looked much more polished that my 9.04 or 9.10. I'm waiting for a solution to the compiz and a few others before I actually upgrade.

[sparker256]

You are not alone. I tried a live usb on my Gateway LT3103u Netbook. I set the USB to be persistent, and installed compiz.There was no option in the compiz configuration menu for cube deformation. Had a few other issues, too. It ran my CPU about 10 degrees hotter, and screen scrambled upon going to Google. But somehow, the whole thing looked much more polished that my 9.04 or 9.10. I'm waiting for a solution to the compiz and a few others before I actually upgrade.

Have you installed compiz-fusion-plugins-extra? That may fix your problem.

Bill

[doublewitt]

Have you installed compiz-fusion-plugins-extra? That may fix your problem.

Bill

I can't recall how I did that! Please explain...
thx

[GSF1200S]

I can't recall how I did that! Please explain...
thx

sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

[doublewitt]

Thanks,
this is what happens in the terminal:

"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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra: Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20090619
E: Broken packages"

What's next?

[GSF1200S]

Thanks,
this is what happens in the terminal:

"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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra: Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20090619
E: Broken packages"

What's next?

Do you have any third party PPA's enabled in System>Administration>Software Sources? You can try:

sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f

But that may not fix your problem if you have 3rd party repos enabled that do not provide repos for Lucid. Try that and then try:

sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

again and let us know what happens.

[doublewitt]

Most of my PPA's were "disabled" on upgrade to lucid. Why? - I don't know...

sudo apt-get update >> no packages were found

sudo dpkg --configure -a >> seems like it did nothing

sudo apt-get install -f >> lists packages that were automatically installed and no onger required... suggests to remove them...

sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra >> same problem = missing dependancy as mentioned above...
Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20090619

[GSF1200S]

Most of my PPA's were "disabled" on upgrade to lucid. Why? - I don't know...

sudo apt-get update >> no packages were found

sudo dpkg --configure -a >> seems like it did nothing

sudo apt-get install -f >> lists packages that were automatically installed and no onger required... suggests to remove them...

sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra >> same problem = missing dependancy as mentioned above...
Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20090619

Ubuntu does this to prevent dependency errors, although obviously depending on what you have installed, it can still give issues. I would suggest disabling all your PPA's (as they are designed for 9.10) and later on adding ones for Lucid (such as Mozilla PPA which I use).
Open System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager, search for:

compiz

and remove all packages related to compiz (make sure you pay attention to the packages APT wants to remove- dont remove it if it wants to remove 500 packages). Close Synaptic
Open a terminal and type (Again, make sure all PPA's are disabled):

sudo apt-get update

Then do:

sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins compiz-gnome compiz-core compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compizconfig-backend-gconf

Any additional dependencies it should pull when it downloads these packages. You should then be able to enable compiz, and should have the extra plugins.

[doublewitt]

Thanks for your response...
OK, did everything you said and in the terminal, after inputting the following:
sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins compiz-gnome compiz-core compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fushion-plugins-extra compizconfig-backend-gconf

the result was:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package compiz-fushion-plugins-extra

the terminal stops here and installs nothing...