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thetictacaddict

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Registered: 2007-03-01

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

I'm also using XFCE4 and having problems, but I don't think that XFCE is the issue.  Is there something obvious missing, like a package I was supposed to install?  My xfce4 Terminal starts using real transparency so I know something went right, but I have no window decorations or effects...

$ compiz-manager 
Adding plugin expo (expo)
...
(loads lots of other plugins successfully)
...
Adding plugin water (water)
Backend     : ini
Integration : true
Profile     : default
Initializing core options...done
compiz (core) - Error: dlsym: /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0: undefined symbol: getCompPluginInfo
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to lookup getCompPluginInfo in 'libpng.so' plugin

compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'png'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'resize'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'place'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'move'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'dbus'
compiz (core) - Error: dlsym: /usr/lib/libdecoration.so: undefined symbol: getCompPluginInfo
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to lookup getCompPluginInfo in 'libdecoration.so' plugin

compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'decoration'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'zoom'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'wobbly'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'minimize'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'fade'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'cube'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'scale'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'rotate'
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'switcher'
Active Plugin List update

Last edited by thetictacaddict (2007-06-25 21:46:18)

KomodoDave

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From: Oxford, UK

Registered: 2007-04-22

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

I'm also using XFCE4 and having problems, but I don't think that XFCE is the issue.  Is there something obvious missing, like a package I was supposed to install?  My xfce4 Terminal starts using real transparency so I know something went right, but I have no window decorations or effects...

Perhaps we can help each other out; there must be others out there running compiz without issue on XFCE4, but I guess they cba replying -.-

I get mine working by manually running 'compiz-manager' - the steps I took initially were:

(i) Edit /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc - there's a line with 'xfwm4' in; replace 'xfwm4' with 'compiz'

(ii) Run compiz-manager -fi to regenerate compiz configs

This second step, from my understanding, should enable the running of just 'compiz --replace -use-cow' and/or 'gtk-window-decorator --replace' to get Compiz operational... but it doesn't. However, now I can run 'compiz-manager&' manually upon login and everything works as desired; obviously this is merely a placeholder...

Note: It's possible I've now changed xfce4-session.rc to its original state... I'm at work and can't remember, I'm afraid. Try step 2 first, then if that doesn't work try step 1 as well.

Let me know whether you can at least get things working to the same degree as me, by following the above steps.

- Dave

Last edited by KomodoDave (2007-06-26 08:33:45)

Phrodo_00

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Great packages, yet since the last nvidia update when I start compiz X freezes (everything frozen, even the complete keyboard, but the mouse), but beryl is working just fine... anyone with the same problem?

vitalstatistix

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Registered: 2007-01-31

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

yet since the last nvidia update when I start compiz X freezes (everything frozen, even the complete keyboard, but the mouse), but beryl is working just fine... anyone with the same problem?

Phrodo_00, I don't see this issue. Make sure you have the correct library path for your opengl libs. r u using xgl or nvidia? I'm using xgl without any issues. I'm suspecting a simple configuration issue

baze

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

i get those complete freezes with my intel gma 950 when rotating the cube for a long time or doing sth else like that. but i had that with either compiz or beryl.

Phrodo_00

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

I relaized something even weirder... if I start compiz after running beryl for a while it starts without problems, yest if I start it at X start or just after loading beryl (I don't know how beryl is related here btw) it falls, or by it's own (eplacing metacity) it freezes X... =S. Gl libs seem to be in the right place, and I'm using nvidia.

KomodoDave

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

I finally got XFCE4 starting properly with Compiz-Fusion

The steps I followed (fairly close to the wiki's Beryl entry.. wish I'd known that beforehand =P ):

(i) Add nesl247's repo to your /etc/pacman.conf :

[compiz-fusion]
Server = http://arch.nesl247.org/compiz-fusion/i686

(ii) Install compiz-fusion and extras:

$ su
$ pacman -S compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-extra

(iii) Edit /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc

Replace:

Client0_Command=xfwm4

With:

Client0_Command=compiz-manager   # this will run Emerald as well, so no need to run separately =)

(iv) Your ~/.xinitrc entry should read:

exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session --auto-syntax startxfce4

(v) Remove any old sessions you've saved to avoid problems

rm -r ~/.cache/sessions/*

Easy, huh?

Edit: By the way, you should disable session saving (Right-click desktop -> Settings -> Sessions and Startup Settings -> uncheck 'Automatically save...', then upon 'Quit' make sure you uncheck the 'Save session' box); it gums up the works with Compiz, seemingly.

- Dave

Last edited by KomodoDave (2007-06-27 09:30:40)

thetictacaddict

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Registered: 2007-03-01

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

I had removed the packages, but just installed them again and they work!  Don't know why, but I'm happy.

Don-DiZzLe

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

@Funkyou

I dont really understand your compiz-fusion-kde package. U said it only requires a bare minimum of gnome dependencies. Well while compiling the packages i need to pull about 40+ gnome build dependency packages and after compiling all the packages using ur script, i cant removed those 40+ packages because most of them are needed. Im on kdemod and I really wanna use compiz-fusion but there are so many gnome dependencies.

karmapolice

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Registered: 2007-01-31

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

The only gnome dependencies, actually gtk not gnome, I needed when I used kdemod where gconf and gtk, and maybe 5 more small libraries but not 40 packages.

hacosta

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Registered: 2006-10-22

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

anyone else has random X crashes with this?

Don-DiZzLe

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Yeah that's my bad, the total package size is about 40+ mb, I got a little mixed up there
but as you can from the list below that's still quite a few gtk-dependencies i have to pull in.

[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libxres (1.0.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libwnck (2.18.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libglade (2.6.1-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libgnomecanvas (2.14.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed orbit2 (2.14.7-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gconf (2.18.0.1-4)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed shared-mime-info (0.21-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gnome-mime-data (2.18.0-3)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gnome-vfs (2.18.1-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libbonobo (2.18.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libgnome (2.18.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libbonoboui (2.18.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gnome-keyring (0.8.1-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libgnomeui (2.18.1-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed docbook-xml (4.5-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed docbook-xsl (1.72.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed scrollkeeper (0.3.14-5)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gnome-desktop (2.18.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libxklavier (3.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libgnomekbd (2.18.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed metacity (2.18.5-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libcroco (0.6.1-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed librsvg (2.16.1-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed python-numeric (24.2-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed pycairo (1.4.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed pygobject (2.12.3-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed pygtk (2.10.4-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gnome-menus (2.18.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gail (1.18.0-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed eel (2.18.0.1-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed libexif (0.6.16-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed hicolor-icon-theme (0.10-1)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed perl-xml-simple (2.16-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed icon-naming-utils (0.8.2-2)
[2007-06-25 12:47] installed gnome-icon-theme (2.18.0-1)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed nautilus (2.18.1-2)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed liboil (0.3.12-1)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed gstreamer0.10-base (0.10.13-1)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed libsoup (2.2.100-2)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed db4.1 (4.1.25-1)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed evolution-data-server (1.10.2-2)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed gnome-panel (2.18.2-1)
[2007-06-25 12:48] installed control-center (2.18.1-1)

This is from pacman.log and those are the dependencies thats needed just to build compiz-fusion

Last edited by Don-DiZzLe (2007-06-27 20:18:21)

karmapolice

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Registered: 2007-01-31

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Looks like something is wrong, it seems that when the ./configure was run it enabled gnome instead of disabling it, lol.

I didn't installed so many dependencies, just gconf, librsvg and maybe another 2.

Something is wrong with your PKGBUILD.

pholie

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Registered: 2005-06-04

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Yeah, the packages from the repo depend on gnome-desktop which is not exactly what I want to have installed

Don-DiZzLe

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Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Im not using packages from the repo, I use this:

http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/temp/compiz-fusion-kde.tar.gz

This is Funkyou's tarball for peeps with KDE/kdemod

aRcHaTe

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Registered: 2006-10-24

Posts: 646

Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

this packages freezes my gnome...just running compiz-icon...ps: the packages from the repo

Last edited by sickhate (2007-06-28 12:36:49)

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cpu

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Registered: 2007-02-22

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

I got freeze every system shutdown when running compiz-manager

Axis

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 60

Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Well I tried it on Ubuntu just to see if it would work there and it did so at least I know my hardware is fine. Definitely something wrong with my configuration. The plot thickens.

Last edited by Axis (2007-06-30 02:33:27)

thedonvaughn

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

If receive the dreaded "GLX_EXT_pixmap_from_texture missing" error when running compiz using XGL on ATI , check out my fix I posted here

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com … ryl_on_ATI

Hope this helps

Last edited by thedonvaughn (2007-06-30 06:57:07)

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aRcHaTe

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Great packages, yet since the last nvidia update when I start compiz X freezes (everything frozen, even the complete keyboard, but the mouse), but beryl is working just fine... anyone with the same problem?

same here

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KomodoDave

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Registered: 2007-04-22

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

nesl247, are you there? The only way this is going to get resolved is by your interaction with people suffering the freeze problem.

Can anyone offer any clues as to why this is happening? I'm not suffering the symptoms myself, but only because I haven't -Syu'd recently.

- Dave

Mikko777

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Registered: 2006-10-30

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Works great, thanks for the repo!

Specs: radeon driver + aiglx + compiz-git +compiz-fusion

Starts with compiz-manager -fi but compiz-icon is a lil bit weird/broken.

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Axis

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Registered: 2007-05-13

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Works great, thanks for the repo!

Specs: radeon driver + aiglx + compiz-git +compiz-fusion

Starts with compiz-manager -fi but compiz-icon is a lil bit weird/broken.

That line did the trick!

RoobZ

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Registered: 2006-07-26

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Compiz-fusion is working just fine. Thanks nesl247 and KomodoDave. But (always...) I need change only one thing:

I'm using Xfce4 with TwinView (clone mode) setup in my xorg.conf (Nvidia Card), and when I rotate the Cube, the screen looks like divided in 2 parts (one for my monitor and the other for my TV). It's awkward. How can I fix this?

When I was using Beryl (30 minutes ago), the screen was fine, just in one piece. The TwinView configuration  is OK.

Oh, just to go on record: Compiz-fusion looks smoothest than Beryl.

PS.: Sorry for my bad English...

KomodoDave

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Registered: 2007-04-22

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Re: Compiz Fusion Repository

Compiz-fusion is working just fine. Thanks nesl247 and KomodoDave. But (always...) I need change only one thing:

I'm using Xfce4 with TwinView (clone mode) setup in my xorg.conf (Nvidia Card), and when I rotate the Cube, the screen looks like divided in 2 parts (one for my monitor and the other for my TV). It's awkward. How can I fix this?

Can you show us a screenshot?

$ sudo pacman -S imagemagick (if you don't have it installed already)
$ import -window root ~/.myscreenshot.png

Obviously you'll need to rotate the Cube immediately after running that command...

PS.: Sorry for my bad English...

Your English is great! Although it should be 'Compiz-Fusion looks smoothER than Beryl'

- Dave