Same. Trying to enable compiz via System/Preferences/Appearance results in a X restart. Forcing compiz via 'compiz --replace' works.
9.10 up-to-date, Radeon X1250. I am not sure when it started (one week ago?); to get things back to working state under metacity I was still forced to 'metacity --replace', since metacity seems to be defaulting to --composite nowadays. For me, to reproduce: all I need is to login. -- Desktop effects could not be enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390027 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs