On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Andrea Neroni <hellnote01-deb...@yahoo.it>wrote:
> > Hello, > > > > I recently switched back to the GNOME desktop environment from KDE and > I'm interested in running Compiz Fusion, > > which I remember playing with when I was using the Ubuntu distribution. > First thing I did was follow > the instructions > > outlined here: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz <http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz> > > > > And everything was going smoothly up until the compiz --replace command, > which outputs: > > > > ja...@debian:~$ compiz --replace > > compiz (core) - Fatal: glXCreateContext failed > > compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0 > > compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0 > > > > Launching fallback window manager > > > > Which is obviously metacity. I googled a bit but almost all forum posts I > found regarded the Fedora > distribution. Here's one that didn't: > > > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=116895<http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=116895> > > > > However, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do to uninstall the NVIDIA > driver (which I've installed > with the NVIDIA installer), > > since that guy says to do so in the sentence: > > > > "I uninstall NVIDIA driver have installed Nvidia way - not Debian way." > > > > So I'm still stuck. I ran the "compiz check" script hosted on "Forlon's > blog" (http://forlong.blogage.de/entries/pages/Compiz-Check) > > and here's the output: > > > > ja...@debian:~$ ./compiz-check > > > > Gathering information about your system... > > > > Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux (squeeze/sid) > > Desktop environment: GNOME > > Graphics chip: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev > a2) > > Driver in use: nvidia > > Rendering method: Nvidia > > > > Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system... > > > > Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [FAIL] > > Checking for non power of two support... [FAIL] > > Checking for composite extension... [ OK ] > > Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ] > > Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP] > > > > At least one check had to be skipped: > > Error: Unable to detect maximum 3D texture size > > > > ja...@debian:~$ > > > > This is an obvious problem, because after reading a little about > compiz-fusion I understood that it's practically based on the > > openGL extension "texture_from_pixmap" which I, for some reason, lack. > > > > Before going ahead and doing something that might eliminate my ability to > launch an X session, I thought I might resort to this list > > for the most up-to-date information as to what I should do. I am > attaching my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /var/log/Xorg.0.log as well as the full > output of > > "glxinfo" so as to not clutter this message any further with their data. > In xorg.conf you will notice that I have added dummy > > "Identifier" strings to all the xorg.conf sections that the wiki.debian > article I linked to suggests that I add. This was done because my > > xorg.conf would not be parsed otherwise and I would be stuck with a > terminal interface. The "startx" command complained about xorg.conf sections > lacking > > "Identifier" strings. > > > > Thank you very much for your time and interest, > > Jason > > > > This happened to me many times and I fixed it reinstalling the driver. > Seems that you are using official nvidia driver. > If it is you have a .run install file. What I usually make is to go to a > shell, stop grphic session, > uninstall the driver, reinstall the driver and everything go smoothly. > So: > > ctrl+alt+f1 // for a shell > log in using root > go to the place where you have the .run file (for me is /usr/src) > > cd /usr/src > /etc/init.d/gdm stop > ./name_of_driver.run --uninstall //uninstall driver > ./name_of_driver.run -N //reinstal driver > /etc/init.d/gdm start > > If the installation complain about the gcc compiler version used to compile > your kernel > abort installation and: > > export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.3 > > using the correct number version. If you are using Squueze up-to-date I > think gcc-4.3 > should be fine. > > Andrea > > > And, it worked! I feel stupid! Yay! Thanks Andrea.
