Compiz on Intel 950 GMA

[linkdead13]

I'm having the worst time getting this working i'm running backtrack 3 here is my xconf[ 593 is there anything wrong with it i seem to have my xwindow either crash or no windows or availibility to type

[delfick]

hello

can we get some more information (http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/announcement.php?f=109#tip5) please ? :D

such as distro and how you installed compiz/compiz-fusion ?

as well as the output from
$ compiz --replace ccp

thnx....

[teH2SO4]

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but seeing as I have the same problem I'll just post my stuff here.

Distro: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)...fully updated

$ compiz --replace ccp :


h2so4@H2SO4:~$ compiz --replace ccp
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:02.0 0300: 8086:27a2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280x800) 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) - Warn: Plugin 'core' already active
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: Plugin 'ccp' already active
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.


xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
Device "Configured Video Device"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection


I installed CCSM and emerald using terminal, as stated on the Ubuntu forums. I didn't manage to set up an X-server or anything because there wasn't any support documentation on it (only for Dapper and Edgy)...and apparently it's already done for me anyway.

I downloaded the Intel 945GM graphics drivers from the Intel site, unpackaged the tar.gz file and then "make" or "checkinstall" both didn't work. "make world" did something, but right at the end returned some errors. Frustrating.

Anyway, could someone please help me out, or just let me know if my laptop is just fail when it comes to trying to load compiz-fusion. Thanks.

[adamk]

You don't need to install drivers for your card. Hardy will ship with the necessary drivers.

You haven't really let us know what the problem is, though. Based on the output of the compiz command, everything would appear to be fine.

[Forlong]

/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: Plugin 'core' already active
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: Plugin 'ccp' already active
That is, because you don't need to load ccp manually on Ubuntu -- the /usr/bin/compiz script does this for you, in fact, you don't need the --replace option either.
Just run Compiz like this:
compiz
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
This is not an error but a warning you can safely ignore.
GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.
That's because of a bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209207) in Hardy.
Run gconftool-2 -s -t string /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge Disabled in a terminal to fix it.


But, as adamk already told you, other than that, Compiz should be running just fine.

[teH2SO4]

Thanks for the help and info so far

Um, wells, after I type Compiz, wtf is supposed to happen? My Terminal window kinda just sits there and doesn't do anything after the warn message, as in, it doesn't close, and it isn't ready for me to enter anything new.

Also, after I type "Compiz" in the Terminal, my windows all close and it "reboots" per se (very quick, probably 1 second or so) and then my windows have their emerald theme. Then, when I close the terminal, my windows "reboot" again and then the theme and stuff disappears...

Isn't the running of Compiz meant to be permanent? Like, shouldn't it auto boot on startup, along with emerald?

Bleh...I've spent so many hours reading up on this stuff, finally getting somewhere :

Thanks for the debug btw it helped

[Forlong]

Um, wells, after I type Compiz, wtf is supposed to happen? My Terminal window kinda just sits there and doesn't do anything after the warn message, as in, it doesn't close, and it isn't ready for me to enter anything new.
That means Compiz is running.
Also, after I type "Compiz" in the Terminal, my windows all close and it "reboots" per se (very quick, probably 1 second or so) and then my windows have their emerald theme. Then, when I close the terminal, my windows "reboot" again and then the theme and stuff disappears...

Isn't the running of Compiz meant to be permanent? Like, shouldn't it auto boot on startup, along with emerald?
Just run compiz via [Alt]+[F2] to prevent this.

[some-guy]

Right-Click on Desktop >> Change Desktop Background >> Visual Effects -> extra

[teH2SO4]

OK awesome, I've actually been playing around with some compiz settings courtesy of Forlong's Blog and his guide on happy effects :P (thanks)

One question still remains, and that is the emerald theme manager...how do I check if this is running, and how should I enable it...alt + f2 as well? The theme I made doesn't seem to want to apply...

Sigh, sorry for being such a noob. It's irritating even for me :/ Just fed up with reading craploads of FAQs and stuff and all seeming to not deal with your issue :/

[some-guy]

run emerald --replace
to autostart it System >> Preferences >> Sessions

[d3n0]

Hi! This thread talks a about Compit on Intel GMA 950 so I'll post this here. Just for record if someone else encounter the same problem.

I had problem with pixel corruption on the top of the screen. It had a shape of panel. Secondly X used to crash and ttys were corrupted with vertical colored lines.

It turned out it was because I had INTEL_BATCH=1 exported. I put it some time ago in profile file because I read somewhere one should do it If has intel card.

Unsetting that variable put everything in normal.

EDIT:

Well not everything. X just crashed and ttys got corrupted again. But it seems it happens not so frequently as before. Actually it happend only once in two days and when I started compiz with
'export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 && compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering &'

after some time. Usually I use fusion-icon.