Beryl Install Problems

[flackboy]

Hi guys,
I have some n00b questions, so please bear with me. I had massive problems upgrading to Ubuntu 7.04, so I have reverted to 6.10.

I tried to install Beryl, following the instructions on the ATI installation page
(http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu ... tion_Guide (http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Edgy_Installation_Guide))

I'm using a Samsung P20c laptop, which has an older ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
(fglrxinfo output:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY/RADEON 9000 DDR Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.1091 (X4.3.0-8.28.8))

I think I've done everything necessary, but when it comes to running Beryl Manager from the Applications/Accessories menu, it gives me the error message "failed to execute child process Beryl-Manager (no such file or directory)"

I've gone through all of the steps prior to this a couple of times, to make sure I've covered them and it all seems OK.

I suspect, from the supported hardware list (http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Hardwa ... d_Hardware (http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Hardware#Unsupported_Hardware)) that I may have a graphics card which is TOO old. In that case, I'm not sure if I CAN run Beryl/Compiz on an ongoing basis.

Can anyone help, or perhaps point me in the right direction?

I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,

Brian...

[ianni67]

From the error message you get, it sounds like you don't even have installed beryl-manager.
Could you please run:
[code:3d257]which beryl-manager[/code:3d257]
from a shell ? It should answer:
[code:3d257]/usr/bin/beryl-manager[/code:3d257]

[flackboy]

Hi there,
It comes back with nothing at all. Just returns to the command line...

B.

[adamk]

First, you really shouldn't use the fglrx driver from ATI with that card. ATI has discontinued support for that family of cards in the last few fglrx driver releases.

If you're still using Edgy, completely uninstall the fglrx drivers and switch to the "radeon" driver in your xorg.conf file. Add the following repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main
deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main

Add the GPG key:

wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg -O - | sudo apt-key add -

Then update your package listing with 'sudo apt-get update' and install beryl 'sudo apt-get install beryl*'

Reboot and, with any luck, beryl will be working. It may not be the speediest window manager in the world, but it should definitely run on your card.

Adam

[ianni67]

The fact that the command I asked you to run gives you back nothing means that you actually did not install beryl-manager.
Follow the indications from Adam and it should install.

[flackboy]

Thank you gentlemen. I'm grateful. Since I'm reasonably new, how exactly do I uninstall safely?

Forgive the dumb question...

Thanks again.

B.

[ianni67]

[code:fd5f1]sudo apt-get remove beryl*[/code:fd5f1]
should work.

[adamk]

I think he wants to remove fglrx :-)

That would be:

$ sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx

Adam

[ianni67]

oh well :-) I also had to remove a "wrong" version of Beryl while trying to make it work properly... Just thought he had the same problem. It is usually better to completely remove the previous version of Beryl when having troubles with installation and repositories, before re-installing the good version....

[adamk]

True, it can't hurt to reinstall beryl as well :-)

Adam