Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 23:23 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:54 +0100, Tan Xuan You wrote: > > Each time, I tested by enabling compiz via the System menu, then > > restarting X by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. All the times I tested the > > window decorations didn't show up. > > Hi, > > One thing that may get you more information is to start with metacity, > i.e. no effects, and then open a terminal and run > > compiz --replace & disown > > (the "& disown" bit is a good idea, as having an X terminal control > the window manager can lead to some bad things) > > Then post the resulting output here, and search Google using the > suspicious messages. It seems like compiz has been tested on nearly > every chipset/driver/Xserver/kernel version, so normally the error > messages are known to Google. > > The alternative is that this information is ~/.xsession-errors, but this > way you get all the bits that correspond to compiz. > > Thanks, > > James > > > Thanks for the tip. I got a wealth of information. Checking for Xgl: not present. Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0407 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. Checking for non power of two support: present. Checking for Composite extension: present. Comparing resolution (1920x1200) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed. Checking for nVidia: present. Checking for FBConfig: present. Checking for Xgl: not present. Starting emerald /usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (resizeinfo) - Warn: Bind Pixmap to Texture failure /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (resizeinfo) - Warn: Bind Pixmap to Texture failure /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (wall) - Error: Couldn't create cairo context for switcher /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (wall) - Error: Couldn't create cairo context for switcher /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (wall) - Error: Couldn't create cairo context for switcher /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (wall) - Error: Couldn't create cairo context for switcher /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Info: Couldn't bind redirected window 0x3400020 to texture /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32 /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Info: Couldn't bind redirected window 0x3400020 to texture I tried installing xserver-xgl, but no window decorations showed up either, and it was painfully slow when repainting. Perhaps it was because my gfx card was being worked all the time? Some people say xgl is required (for ATI cards at least), most people suggest the same argb-glx-visuals trick, some have suggested disabling and re-enabling the window-decorator plugin, some have suggested forcing the window-decorator plugin ¨command¨ option. I´ve tried all the above to no avail. Hmm. At least it looks like a compiz - nvidia problem now, nothing much to do with gnome, as the same problem creeps up with beryl/kde, and afaik, xgl. I installed nvidia-glx from the Ubuntu repos and am using the nVidia autoconfiguration xorg.conf file. Any further tips? Xuan You. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:54 +0100, Tan Xuan You wrote: > Each time, I tested by enabling compiz via the System menu, then > restarting X by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. All the times I tested the > window decorations didn't show up. Hi, One thing that may get you more information is to start with metacity, i.e. no effects, and then open a terminal and run compiz --replace & disown (the "& disown" bit is a good idea, as having an X terminal control the window manager can lead to some bad things) Then post the resulting output here, and search Google using the suspicious messages. It seems like compiz has been tested on nearly every chipset/driver/Xserver/kernel version, so normally the error messages are known to Google. The alternative is that this information is ~/.xsession-errors, but this way you get all the bits that correspond to compiz. Thanks, James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:37 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:26 +0100, Tan Xuan You wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think this has been a prevalent problem recently, yet I find myself > > stumped by it. > > > > Basically, whenever I enable any level of compiz using System -> > > Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects, gtk-window decorator fails > > to paint my window decorations. Titlebar, window border are all gone, > > and gnome-terminal is a big white screen, no matter how I try to force > > the settings. > > Hi, > > I don't know if it will work for you, but when I was seeing this with > Nvidia I did some searching and found that adding > > Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" > > to the "Device" section of my xorg.conf helped. > > Thanks, > > James > > Hi, I've tried adding that line alone to no avail, sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals also doesn't work, adding the following lines.. Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "RenderAccel" "True" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True" Option "backingstore" "True" Option "TripleBuffer" "Tru via http://nlindblad.org/2007/01/28/no-window-borders-with-beryl-and-nvidia-aiglx/ also didn't work. Each time, I tested by enabling compiz via the System menu, then restarting X by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. All the times I tested the window decorations didn't show up. Thanks for the tip though. XuanYou -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:26 +0100, Tan Xuan You wrote: > Hi all, > > I think this has been a prevalent problem recently, yet I find myself > stumped by it. > > Basically, whenever I enable any level of compiz using System -> > Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects, gtk-window decorator fails > to paint my window decorations. Titlebar, window border are all gone, > and gnome-terminal is a big white screen, no matter how I try to force > the settings. Hi, I don't know if it will work for you, but when I was seeing this with Nvidia I did some searching and found that adding Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" to the "Device" section of my xorg.conf helped. Thanks, James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator
Hi all, I think this has been a prevalent problem recently, yet I find myself stumped by it. Basically, whenever I enable any level of compiz using System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects, gtk-window decorator fails to paint my window decorations. Titlebar, window border are all gone, and gnome-terminal is a big white screen, no matter how I try to force the settings. I'm on a nVidia card, and the drivers seem to work fine (XPlane works). I've tried the command line too.. "gtk-window-decorator --replace" gives Gtk-WARNING: Cannot open display: Installing emerald and running "emerald --replace" also gives the same output, both in su and out of. I've tried poking around with the settings in CCSM, but to no avail. I'm on a clean upgrade of Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Any tips? XuanYou -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
This looks very interesting! Thank you Stephen! At the very least it would give me an interesting coding project to try create a usable GUI for it in my, rather abundant, spare time! One of the other things I am trying out is getting Sony's Route Finder app to work under WINE, But an Open Source solution is always preferred, especially if its something I can contribute to. Alex Stephen Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:30 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: > >> On 14/04/2008, Alex Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> These are pretty useless to me as they don't contain width/height/weight >>> restrictions where something like Autoroute does. >>> > > >> Some time in the future, I hope that openstreetmap.org will provide >> the basis of many free route planning applications that run natively >> in Linux. >> >> > > Have you seen planet OSM? > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Planet.osm > > Unfortunately, I haven't seen an easy to install/use desktop oriented > application that uses it yet. So you'll probably have to configure a > local web server with a slippy map or something. > > Steve > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:30 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: > On 14/04/2008, Alex Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These are pretty useless to me as they don't contain width/height/weight > > restrictions where something like Autoroute does. > > > Some time in the future, I hope that openstreetmap.org will provide > the basis of many free route planning applications that run natively > in Linux. > Have you seen planet OSM? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Planet.osm Unfortunately, I haven't seen an easy to install/use desktop oriented application that uses it yet. So you'll probably have to configure a local web server with a slippy map or something. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Chris Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:30 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: > > Looking at winehq, it seems that Autoroute will not work under wine. > > The next thing to try would be something like VirtualBox. > > I use VirtualBox and Seamless Virtualisation [1] to run Windows apps > that don't run under Wine nicely. > > [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SeamlessVirtualization > > If you were to run something like windows 2000 running the latest version of autoroute, in VMware Server, which is free. Works nicely. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:30 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: > Looking at winehq, it seems that Autoroute will not work under wine. > The next thing to try would be something like VirtualBox. I use VirtualBox and Seamless Virtualisation [1] to run Windows apps that don't run under Wine nicely. [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SeamlessVirtualization signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
Alex Barrett wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm starting a career as a long distance lorry driver and am looking for > some way to get a route planning solution, such as Autoroute onto my > Xubuntu laptop - which I carry with me as I go. > Sorry Alex, I thought you were going to be a newbie doing long distance in Great Britain. In March 2007 Richard Ibbotson advertised a mapping day in Sheffield. This was for openstreetmap.org which is a world wide free street map. I remember looking at it at the time and it led me to other sites with explanations of how to start mapping and other free mapping sites. I've had a quick look but couldn't find what I was looking for. Try on the sheflug mailing list. That is where the invitation came from. Good Luck Ged -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
On 14/04/2008, Alex Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are pretty useless to me as they don't contain width/height/weight > restrictions where something like Autoroute does. Looking at winehq, it seems that Autoroute will not work under wine. The next thing to try would be something like VirtualBox. Unfortunately you will still need a copy of Windows. It will not be as fast as running it natively, but I guess it would be OK if your laptop is not too old and has sufficient RAM. Some time in the future, I hope that openstreetmap.org will provide the basis of many free route planning applications that run natively in Linux. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
These are pretty useless to me as they don't contain width/height/weight restrictions where something like Autoroute does. Alex Sean Miller wrote: > Surely http://theaa.co.uk route planner would be better? > > Far less bandwidth... > > Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
Surely http://theaa.co.uk route planner would be better? Far less bandwidth... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
If you have a 3G card to use, can you not use something like Googlemaps/earth? Rgds Ken On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 11:23 +0100, Alex Barrett wrote: > All, > > Thanks for your replies so far guys but Is there nothing out there like > Autoroute? or a method to get Autoroute to work. > > They also have contracts for farm machinery transportation so YES they > do send me to vague addresses, I can assure you that "Grenaciers Farm, > Yzeure" is a valid address to the transport office! > > I am oldschool in my methods most the time, and I own lots of maps, but > my new company has routes going everywhere from Bulgaria to Portugal, > and carrying enough maps with enough detail on them for that area simply > takes up too much room, when my laptop could hopefully do the job. > > I also have a 3G card on the Vodaphone network, that does work abroad, > in fact I used it in Denmark a few months ago and for 3 hours usage over > a week I had to pay £157 - I can't remember how many MB that worked out > as but I would imagine Google Earth or the suchlike would kill it. > > So thank you for your suggestions but I REALLY need an offline, desktop, > mapping solution as nothing else fits my needs. > > Thank you. > > Alex > > > > > Ged wrote: > > Alex Barrett wrote: > > > >> My SatNav is good but only up to a certain point when you start > >> searching for things with vague addresses. > >> > >> > > I'm a private hire driver and I would tell you to use a map and plan > > your routes so you learn the roads. Use the gps on the final run into > > town. We have drivers who are totally lost if it isn't on the tom tom. > > They don't learn anything. > > As for things with vague addresses, they shouldn't be sending goods to > > places like that. > > Ask truck drivers at motorway service stations for directions. They'll > > tell you every road number on your route, and one day you'll do the same !! > > Good Luck > > Ged. > > > > > > > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Commercial Support
For anyone who was wondering how it turned out. The pricing is per-server and for fixed number of incidents (check the SLA). Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?
All, Thanks for your replies so far guys but Is there nothing out there like Autoroute? or a method to get Autoroute to work. They also have contracts for farm machinery transportation so YES they do send me to vague addresses, I can assure you that "Grenaciers Farm, Yzeure" is a valid address to the transport office! I am oldschool in my methods most the time, and I own lots of maps, but my new company has routes going everywhere from Bulgaria to Portugal, and carrying enough maps with enough detail on them for that area simply takes up too much room, when my laptop could hopefully do the job. I also have a 3G card on the Vodaphone network, that does work abroad, in fact I used it in Denmark a few months ago and for 3 hours usage over a week I had to pay £157 - I can't remember how many MB that worked out as but I would imagine Google Earth or the suchlike would kill it. So thank you for your suggestions but I REALLY need an offline, desktop, mapping solution as nothing else fits my needs. Thank you. Alex Ged wrote: > Alex Barrett wrote: > >> My SatNav is good but only up to a certain point when you start >> searching for things with vague addresses. >> >> > I'm a private hire driver and I would tell you to use a map and plan > your routes so you learn the roads. Use the gps on the final run into > town. We have drivers who are totally lost if it isn't on the tom tom. > They don't learn anything. > As for things with vague addresses, they shouldn't be sending goods to > places like that. > Ask truck drivers at motorway service stations for directions. They'll > tell you every road number on your route, and one day you'll do the same !! > Good Luck > Ged. > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
