** Description changed:
Binary package hint: compiz
after upgrading to jaunty RC1 from intrepid, Desktop effects sometimes
crash when clicking on picture links in firefox. When trying to reenable
them through the appearance settings, they don't get reenabled, even
though the appearance applet seems to think so. At lest the radio button
stays next to "normal" after I am asked if I want to keep the settings
(and I click on keep settings).
If I try to start compiz manually at this point, I get the following
output:
nel...@enterprise:~$ compiz
Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (3840x1200) to maximum 3D texture size
(4096): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
running under gnome seesion, checking for gnomecompat
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling
YV12 image format
Aborted
Note that compiz does not exit, it just sits there after the "aborted"
message, but there are no desktop effects and no acceleration.
I have desktop effects again if I log out and back in. It seems to work fine
until I start using firefox.
update: Actually not only does compiz not work, any OpenGL application stops
working (tested with games, googleearth, etc.)
This also happens after a while if I don't run compiz at all, just use a few
3D applications.
I forgot to add my hardware in the original description: nvidia 6600GT,
binary driver that comes with jaunty (32bit), dual athlon MP 2GHz.
All of this worked fine in Intrepid.
+
+ more update: never mind, seems to have been flaky hardware. Setting the
+ nvidia driver to AGP 2x seems to have helped. I've always needed to do
+ that on this rig, but it somehow got disabled during the upgrade. what
+ confused me was that it used to make X hang, not just keep 3D from
+ working. I guess in a sense this is an improvement.
** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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compiz crashes and can't be reenabled after clicking on a picture in firefox
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363723
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