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AndrewG

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Registered: 2010-11-07

Posts: 10

Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

Compiz does not work after update in last month.
When run Compiz Fusion Icon - blank white screen.

VirtualBox Addons is set.

glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"; xdpyinfo | grep Composite
direct rendering: Yes
    Composite

andrew@arch ~]$ compiz --replace ccp & emerald --replace &
[andrew@arch ~]$ compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

captainron

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2010-11-06

Posts: 14

Re: Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

I'm having the exact same problem, have you found anything out about this?

AndrewG

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Registered: 2010-11-07

Posts: 10

Re: Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

I'm having the exact same problem, have you found anything out about this?

Found, but all the advice did not help.
This happened after Xorg upgraded to the latest version and drivers Guest Additions stopped functioning.
Later, Oracle released the latest version VeitualBox, I installed the driver. Hardware acceleration works but no Compiz.

captainron

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2010-11-06

Posts: 14

Re: Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

I didn't have the vboxvideo module installed which was giving drm errors in the logs, the 3rd to last post at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=840973 has instructions on how to fix that.

So now I get

glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering"; glxinfo | grep -i "renderer"
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Chromium

But it still reverts back to software mode and the Xorg logs now show

[    21.723] (EE) AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension
[    21.723] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

captainron

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2010-11-06

Posts: 14

Re: Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

I'm having the exact same problem, have you found anything out about this?

Found, but all the advice did not help.
This happened after Xorg upgraded to the latest version and drivers Guest Additions stopped functioning.
Later, Oracle released the latest version VeitualBox, I installed the driver. Hardware acceleration works but no Compiz.

What version of VirtualBox are you using that has hw acceleration working? I'm using 3.2.10 r66523 and couldn't get it without rebuilding the module as mentioned previously.

AndrewG

Member

Registered: 2010-11-07

Posts: 10

Re: Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

I'm having the exact same problem, have you found anything out about this?

Found, but all the advice did not help.
This happened after Xorg upgraded to the latest version and drivers Guest Additions stopped functioning.
Later, Oracle released the latest version VeitualBox, I installed the driver. Hardware acceleration works but no Compiz.

What version of VirtualBox are you using that has hw acceleration working? I'm using 3.2.10 r66523 and couldn't get it without rebuilding the module as mentioned previously.

I using VirtualBox 3.2.10.r66523 too. I successfully rebuilt the module. But compiz not work.
Read https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=68263
But it did not help me

captainron

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2010-11-06

Posts: 14

Re: Compiz in VirtualBox 3.2

Compiz in a virtual machine is pretty much useless anyways, this was more just an exercise for me to see what Arch is like. I think I'm giving up on this now.