Beryl only runs long enough to crash

[kreuelt]

When I right click on the Beryl icon in the system tray, one of two things will happen.
If I have "Launch fallback window manager if Beryl crashes" selected, it will immediately revert to metacity.
If I do not have the above selected, it will simply crash.
Is this a known bug? I've tried reinstalling and everything.

[adamk]

Have you tried running 'beryl --replace' in a terminal?

Adam

[kreuelt]

No, I have not, but I will, thanks.
Also, I only installed ubuntu yesterday, and it's my first time working on a linux-based desktop, so any help would be appreciated.

[AshDragonScale]

I am having the same issue. If I choose Beryl as the window manager I crash. If no "Fall-Back" window manager is selected I get no borders... I tried the command above and this is what I get...

ash@holes:~/compiz-0.4.0$ beryl --replace
************************************************** ************
* Beryl system compatiblity check *
************************************************** ************

Detected xserver : AIGLX

Checking Display :0.0 ...

Checking for XComposite extension : passed (v0.3)
Checking for XDamage extension : passed
Checking for RandR extension : passed
Checking for XSync extension : passed

Checking Screen 0 ...

Checking for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig : passed
Checking for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap : passed
Checking for non power of two texture support : failed

Support for non power of two textures missing
beryl: glXBindTexImageEXT is missing
beryl: Failed to manage screen: 0
beryl: No manageable screens found on display :0.0


hmm... I just don't know how to go about fixing it.

Running:
- Beryl Version: 0.2.1.dfsg+git20070318-0ubuntu2 (feisty)
- Ubuntu 7.04 (32 bit)
- AMD Athlon 64
- 1.5G RAM
- ATI Radeon 9200

Any help would be appreciated

[adamk]

What's the output of 'glxinfo | grep direct'?

Adam

[AshDragonScale]

I get direct rendering: No

When issuing "glxinfo | grep direct"

[AshDragonScale]

I did find on another site that making a script file that contains


#!/bin/sh
beryl-manager
sleep 1
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa beryl


will work, I had it running like this but it seems like a round about way of doing it. If at all possible I would like to get it installed and working like it is supposed to be... But that is just me

[adamk]

That script is only necessary if you are using the fglrx drivers and have Xgl installed. You should be using neither as the fglrx driver do not support your card any more, and the open source drivers support AIGLX. Do you have fglrx and Xgl installed?

[AshDragonScale]

I believe I do, I am going to reinstall, well upgrade to Gutsy as soon as it gets downloaded. I will try again then. Hopefully it will be installed automatically and hopefully it will be able to use my SATA dvd rw to burn discs then too...

Thanks for your help and I will let you know how it turns out.