Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xorg
I had a working xorg/compiz/nvidia-glx configuration working properly
prior to updates this evening. Among other things, I updated the
following (and their related packages):
compiz 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu8(old) 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu10(new)
xserver-xorg 1:7.2-0ubuntu8(old) 1:7.2-0ubuntu9(new)
nvidia-glx 1.0.9631+2.6.20.3-12.11(old) 1.0.9755+2.6.20.4-13.12(new)
X now breaks saying that my card isn't supported in nvidia-glx, but
rather I should be using nvidia-glx-legacy.
The description for nvidia-glx-legacy (in deselect) says that it's for
older Nvidia cards, like TNT, GeForce, and GeForce2, all of which are
considerably older than my card. Regardless, I installed nvidia-glx-
legacy to see if it would fix the problem.
X now starts correctly, but when I log in, I don't have a window manager
running. When manually started, Compiz craps out with an error:
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
/usr/bin/compiz.real: Root visual is not a GL visual
/usr/bin/compiz.real: Failed to manage screen: 0
/usr/bin/compiz.real: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
Metacity will start correctly, but not automatically.
lspci -v reports the following regarding my GeForce4 card:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4400]
(rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8711
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f0080000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
So, I have a number of problems here (some xorg, some not):
1) My completely working and surprisingly stable (for a beta) setup was
broken with this update
2) X was left in an invalid state due to the update.
3) Compiz dies with no warning, leaving no window manager running.
4) X is incorrectly reporting that my card is supported by nvidia-glx-
legacy, when it was previously working just fine with nvidia-glx and
other documentation suggests that nvidia-glx should be used with my
card. In fact, the 4200 and 4600 (little and big brothers to my card)
supposedly work just fine with nvidia-glx.
5) When I try to turn off desktop effects via the preferences control
panel, I'm only given "cancel" and "enable" at the dialog. Cancel just
seems to cancel the dialog. "Enable" installs nvidia-glx, which we've
already determined that X seems to believe doesn't work with my card.
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Update breaks working xorg/compiz configuration on GeForce4 4400TI
https://launchpad.net/bugs/96816
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