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freyr

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 131

No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Hi!

I installed Arch Linux yesterday, today I installed compiz. But when I start it, I don't have any window border. I checked it in ccsm, also the move window, resize window, etc. options, but compiz isn't working at all.
Here is the output of the fusion-icon:

 * Detected Session: gnome
 * Searching for installed applications...
 * No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap with direct rendering context
 ... nor with indirect rendering, this isn't going to work!
 * Using the GTK Interface
 * Metacity is already running
 * Setting window manager to Compiz
 ... executing: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
compiz (core) - Fatal: glXCreateContext failed
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
 * Launching Settings Manager
Info: No sexy-python package found, don't worry it's optional.
Loading icons...
 * Setting window manager to Metacity

What should I do?

Sorry about my English!

Last edited by freyr (2010-04-26 17:01:50)

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flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Enable "Window decoration" in ccsm.

Zoranthus

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From: muc

Registered: 2006-11-22

Posts: 166

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Is there any reason why it is disabled by default?

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Activate important plugins!
Before you do anything else, you might want to check if the plugins that provide basic window manager
 behaviour are activated or you will have no possibility to drag, scale or close windows as soon as compiz
 is activated. Among those plugins are "Window Decoration" under Effects and "Move Window" & 
"Resize Window" under Window Management. (ccsm may be used to achieve this.)

Arch Wiki

Last edited by n0dix (2010-04-26 15:00:25)

pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Is there any reason why it is disabled by default?

Because upstream has it disabled by default, I guess. Arch does not add it's own configs, patches, etc unless absolutely necessary.

yngwin

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Registered: 2009-05-08

Posts: 67

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Is there any reason why it is disabled by default?

This is the real issue. I don't understand why the most basic feature is not enabled by default...

freyr

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 131

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

I do have enabled window decorator, move window, resize window, gnome compatibility, desctop cube, JPEG, PNG, SVG, text, DBUS, Glib. These were the first things, but no borders.

Last edited by freyr (2010-04-26 17:00:25)

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freyr

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 131

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Anyone? I still haven't any borders with compiz.

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hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

have you started emerald?

more input from the wiki - read it!

You may also need to use the gconftool-2 command in a terminal window to set the following parameter, otherwise fusion-icon might not load the windows decorator.

gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false

edit:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17163

Last edited by hokasch (2010-05-05 18:59:06)

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

Anyone? I still haven't any borders with compiz.

See this.

KaSeYo23

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Registered: 2010-03-25

Posts: 9

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

You have to start emerald too (or start fusion-icon, with compiz and emerald)

freyr

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 131

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

I do have installed and started fusion-icon and emerald.
hokasch: i disabled compositing manager, but still no borders. compiz-check says:

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Arch Linux 
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 2400 XT
 Driver in use:         radeonhd
 Rendering method:      None

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...  [SKIP]

 Checking for hardware/setup problems...           [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
 Error: No rendering method in use (AIGLX, Xgl or Nvidia)

I searched the wiki, enabled aiglx, but no effect.
I installed cairo-compmgr, it's working very well. I don't know what's the problem.
The driver in my xorg.conf is radeonhd (because fglrx is't working at all).

Edit: I haven't any glx module! modprobe glx says: FATAL: Module glx not found. I found that I have to install libgl, but it was already installed, I reinstalled it, but still no glx module.

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hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

...enabled aiglx, but no effect.

does that mean compiz-check completes without errors now?

edit: glx is an X module/extension, not a kernel module

Last edited by hokasch (2010-05-06 12:36:41)

freyr

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-02-04

Posts: 131

Re: No window border with compiz - enabled window decorator, etc.

...enabled aiglx, but no effect.

does that mean compiz-check completes without errors now?

edit: glx is an X module/extension, not a kernel module

No, compiz-check:

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution:          Arch Linux 
 Desktop environment:   GNOME
 Graphics chip:         ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 2400 XT
 Driver in use:         radeonhd
 Rendering method:      AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap...               [ OK ]
 Checking for non power of two support...          [ OK ]
 Checking for composite extension...               [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig...                          [ OK ]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems...           [FAIL]

There has been (at least) one error detected with your setup:
 Error: Software Rasterizer in use

I found that I have to add my user to the video group, but after that if I start compiz, everything turns white, and compiz-check still says this.

What means that glx is not a kernel module? Is it matter?

Edit: if I start Cairo Composite Manager before compiz, there isn't any white screen, but the windows have no borders.

Edit: I installed catalyst-test from AUR, now compiz starts, but there is several display problems, I can't see anything on windows, there is nothing on the bottom panel.. I can't describe correctly and I'm in hurry, but tomorrow I'll make a few screenshots.

Last edited by freyr (2010-05-06 19:19:11)

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