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MarkoS

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Registered: 2008-03-15

Posts: 7

KWin effects and catalyst - bad configuration?

Hello!
I have updated KDE [kdemod-core] and now KWin effects don't work. Befor actualization they work but very slowly, now I can't start it, beacase KDE show me:

Failed to activate desktop effects using the given configuration options. Settings will be reverted to their previous values.
Check your X configuration. You may also consider changing advanced options, especially changing the compositing type.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Simple Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load       "glx"
    Load       "dri"
    Load       "dbe"
    SubSection "extmod"
        Option        "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
        Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "record"
        Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option        "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "My Monitor"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Standard VGA"
    Driver      "vga"
    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Video Card"
    Driver      "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen 1"
    Device     "My Video Card"
    Monitor    "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Virtual   1024 768
        Depth     8
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Virtual   1024 768
        Depth     16
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Virtual   1024 768
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1650x1050"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

My video card is Radeon HD3650.

Ranguvar

Member

Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,549

Re: KWin effects and catalyst - bad configuration?

Did you rename or delete your old ~/.kde folder before updating? Try renaming it now. That will make it use new configs. My guess from the error is that your old settings are causing problems.

Vrob

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Registered: 2007-12-07

Posts: 42

Re: KWin effects and catalyst - bad configuration?

I had the same problem/bug/error, but, as stupid as it might sound, rebooting the PC fixed it for me.
Still I'm not sure what combination of settings I'm going to use since every one I tried so far had its own advantages and disadvantages.

MarkoS

Member

Registered: 2008-03-15

Posts: 7

Re: KWin effects and catalyst - bad configuration?

Did you rename or delete your old ~/.kde folder before updating? Try renaming it now. That will make it use new configs. My guess from the error is that your old settings are causing problems.

Yes I did