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SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

Okay I've been having problems with Compiz and spawning windows recently in that emerald shut itself off whenever a window popped up (say, if I opened an application or received an instant message).

So an update came along, installed it. Now when a window opens in Compiz the screen goes black except for the cursor and neither the touchpad nor the keyboard responds.

It's been like a series of downgrades with Intel+Compiz lately. First there was a performance decrease, then the window decoration issue, now it freezes entirely. What the heck, Intel?

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SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

No ideas here? I'd really like to keep on using Compiz as my WM.

UPDATE: it's ONLY pidgin I can't open, it turns out. I've got other stuff going no prob, but Pidgin locks up the system.

Last edited by SomeGuyDude (2009-05-17 17:06:04)

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Pyntux

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 393

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

You can alwys use something alse, like kopete or something...try....

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SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

That's not a solution, though. It's a dodge, and it doesn't really fill me with confidence.

FURTHER update: reloading the WM in Compiz makes it go black as well. I'm getting a whole bunch of weird behaviour.

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jxhcc

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Registered: 2009-03-29

Posts: 10

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

Im not getting a similar error to the one mentioned above, but I am encountering some strange problems with intel and compiz (glx / dri / 3d in general i think)

It all started when I noticed that loading large images in Firefox would cause Xorg to lock up (I could move the mouse, and non-gui apps that were already running (mpd) still ran). Out of curiousity, I tried reproducing the problem while running Xorg without xorg.conf. It still crashed, but it started itself back up on vc/8. Xorg left a nasty looking backtrace (*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/Xorg: double free or corruption (!prev) --- followed by a backtrace) on my vc/7 which mentioned libdricore.so, i965_dri.so, and libglx.so.

I am getting a bunch of random windows opening when I first login to GNOME (I can see the windows' icons in AWN - they close immediately though).

Im currently investigating the cause of the problem on my system (this is fun!)

fphillips

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-01-24

Posts: 202

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

For me, "reload WM" and switching from compiz to metacity just causes X to restart (intel-2.7.1). No lockup and no messages logged. I don't use pidgin, so I can't confirm if it has a problem.

SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

Pidgin's been working all right now. But I have no idea what I'd be looking for in my log files, especially since I have to reboot every time I reload the manager (since it freezes). Would it be in the current or the old log? Or should I just post both?

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fphillips

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-01-24

Posts: 202

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

I don't think you'll find anything relevant in the logs.

SomeGuyDude

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 271

Re: Intel upgrade made Compiz go bananas

So is there anything I can do, then? It's becoming massively annoying. I can't even kill X without it happening.

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