Le 06/03/2024 à 16:59, James Bielefeldt a écrit :
I am using testing. I create Debian spins that are rolling release based
on testing.
it's the same package in standard testing and unstable to my knowledge.
Unstable recently got 2:0.8.18-5.1 -- yet as Steve said, it should not
affect anything.
they all have the same version number. The package is also seriously
outdated. Compiz is at 9.14 but the package is 8 point something.
Well, yes and no. Compiz is a complicated beast, and version 0.9 is a
C++ rewrite by Ubuntu, that is now basically unmaintained. Compiz 0.8,
also known as "compiz reloaded", is the pre-Ubuntu rewrite and has been
continued separately.
Effectively nowadays it's 2 different (yet similar) software, and 0.9 is
mostly discontinued, and 0.8 is maintained albeit not seeing muhc
activity lately.
I tried to build it from the Ubuntu sources, but they errored out and are
beyond me. My main thing is themeing and polishing the desktop. I do
have a live build script if you want it. Just not sure how I'd get it to
you.
I don't think I'd have the time to dive this deep, and it would help
immensely if you could try and gather some more information as to why
Compiz is having issues.
Logs from the kernel, X and the Xfce sessions are likely the most
interesting bits where you might find more information to pinpoint the
issue.
Failing that, one interesting thing you could possibly attempt is to see
whether an image with the exact same set of packages work fine if you
don't *run* Compiz. Basically build the Compiz image, and simply adjust
the configuration not to run it (but use e.g. xfwm4).
You could also try and play with the Compiz plugins and configuration to
see if one in particular is at fault, or if it's the core itself.
Regards,
Colomban