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neochrono

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Registered: 2007-10-19

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fglrx 8.42.3-1 + CompizFusion - Issues [SOLVED]

Hi, I'm having some trouble loading compizFusion with the new drivers from ATI/AMD (8.42.3-1)

when I try it from another user, CompizFusion starts *normally* but the window manager doesn't work. (I can spin the 3dCube etc.., but the windows doesn't have any upper borders, I can't move or close them then i just restart the X server by pressing ctrl+alt+backspace.

Preciate any help
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Output from lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
08:01.0 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep Direct

(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled

grep Comp

(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled

grep AIGLX

(**) Option "AIGLX" "True"
(**) AIGLX enabled
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x24
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
...
...

uname -a

Linux laptop 2.6.23-ARCH

- I downloaded the compizFusion packages from nesl repository, just like its written in wiki.
- When I try running fusion-icon from the shell as root this is what i get:

 * Detected Session: gnome
 * Searching for installed applications...
Backend     : gconf
Integration : true
Profile     : default
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Initializing decoration options...done
 * No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap with direct rendering context
 ... present with indirect rendering, exporting: LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/fusion-icon", line 57, in <module>
    from FusionIcon import interface
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/FusionIcon/interface.py", line 143, in <module>
    session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 216, in __new__
    mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 105, in __new__
    bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 121, in __new__
    bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

As you can see, i had some troubles with dbus, dont know exactly why, and the tray icon of compizFusion isn't opening. So I couldn't  change my window manager to compiz/beryl. Does anybody know any way to load properly the compizFusion tray icon?

Last edited by neochrono (2007-10-26 01:06:46)

BJJ

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Registered: 2007-10-23

Posts: 25

Re: fglrx 8.42.3-1 + CompizFusion - Issues [SOLVED]

Did you already solve this problem? (because of the SOLVED in the subject)

I had the same problem with the window borders and menu not showing.
By disabling the gconf backend of compiz fusion, and enabling the flat-file backend I got my window border back.

neochrono

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Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 10

Re: fglrx 8.42.3-1 + CompizFusion - Issues [SOLVED]

It's partially solved i managed to switch between the window managers, and then my borders showed up, besides the fusion-tray, wich isn't showing up, everything is working very nice. I just wanted load the fusion-tray, so it would be a lot easier switching between Metacity and Compiz.

pedepy

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 198

Re: fglrx 8.42.3-1 + CompizFusion - Issues [SOLVED]

are you using AIGLX with compiz fusion and if so what kind of performance are you getting ?

I have an ATI x1600 .. ive read reports of compiz fusion running extremely sluggishly under the new AIGLX enabled ati driver.

(oh and is there a pacman pkg for that yet ? i havent seen it)

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Re: fglrx 8.42.3-1 + CompizFusion - Issues [SOLVED]

(oh and is there a pacman pkg for that yet ? i havent seen it)

It's in [testing]

neochrono

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Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 10

Re: fglrx 8.42.3-1 + CompizFusion - Issues [SOLVED]

are you using AIGLX with compiz fusion and if so what kind of performance are you getting ?

I have an ATI x1600 .. ive read reports of compiz fusion running extremely sluggishly under the new AIGLX enabled ati driver.

(oh and is there a pacman pkg for that yet ? i havent seen it)

Hi there, i didn't used AIGLX with the OS drivers yet, but compiz-fusion is running very nicely here, can't complain at all.