compizconfig-settings-manager

Compiz fails to start after 8.10>9.04 upgrade

Asked by keepitsimpleengr

After upgrading to 9.04 amd64 from 8.10 amd64 dual monitor not xinerama, compiz fails to run.

I 8.10 compiz had to be started by a script, to wit:
 compiz --display :0.0 --only-current-screen --replace &
 compiz --display :0.1 --only-current-screen --replace &

After upgrading and installing glib2.0 patch (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346964)
and reloading compiz, it failed to start.

As a test, I created a new user to test compiz⋯where it worked.

I ran this in the terminal:
 compiz --display :0.1 --only-current-

screen --replace emerald &

And it crashed the window manager on display :0.0 (results below)

I started Compiz Fusion Icon, and used it to attaemp to start compiz, and it crashed the window manager.

How can I get Compiz to function properly?

terminal result from compiz attempt:

~$ compiz --display :0.1 --only-current-screen --replace emerald &
[1] 16448
ljohnson@KISE-005:~$ Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (2560x1600) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking screen 2Comparing resolution (1440x900) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
running under gnome seesion, checking for gnomecompat
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'emerald'
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: Plugin 'core' already active
/usr/bin/compiz.real (cube) - Warn: Failed to load slide: /usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/ubuntu.png
/usr/bin/compiz.real (cube) - Warn: Failed to load slide: /usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/ubuntu.png
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/compiz.real: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0000000002278620 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7fe7779f5cb8]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7fe7779f8276]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1[0x7fe77982012a]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-0043c000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 15149020 /usr/bin/compiz.real
0063b000-0063c000 r--p 0003b000 08:31 15149020 /usr/bin/compiz.real
0063c000-0063d000 rw-p 0003c000 08:31 15149020 /usr/bin/compiz.real
01ebc000-027aa000 rw-p 01ebc000 00:00 0 [heap]
7fe771e5e000-7fe771e6a000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538587 /lib/libnss_files-2.9.so
7fe771e6a000-7fe772069000 ---p 0000c000 08:31 4538587 /lib/libnss_files-2.9.so
7fe772069000-7fe77206a000 r--p 0000b000 08:31 4538587 /lib/libnss_files-2.9.so
7fe77206a000-7fe77206b000 rw-p 0000c000 08:31 4538587 /lib/libnss_files-2.9.so
7fe77206b000-7fe772075000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538589 /lib/libnss_nis-2.9.so
7fe772075000-7fe772274000 ---p 0000a000 08:31 4538589 /lib/libnss_nis-2.9.so
7fe772274000-7fe772275000 r--p 00009000 08:31 4538589 /lib/libnss_nis-2.9.so
7fe772275000-7fe772276000 rw-p 0000a000 08:31 4538589 /lib/libnss_nis-2.9.so
7fe772276000-7fe77228c000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538584 /lib/libnsl-2.9.so
7fe77228c000-7fe77248c000 ---p 00016000 08:31 4538584 /lib/libnsl-2.9.so
7fe77248c000-7fe77248d000 r--p 00016000 08:31 4538584 /lib/libnsl-2.9.so
7fe77248d000-7fe77248e000 rw-p 00017000 08:31 4538584 /lib/libnsl-2.9.so
7fe77248e000-7fe772490000 rw-p 7fe77248e000 00:00 0
7fe772490000-7fe772498000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538585 /lib/libnss_compat-2.9.so
7fe772498000-7fe772697000 ---p 00008000 08:31 4538585 /lib/libnss_compat-2.9.so
7fe772697000-7fe772698000 r--p 00007000 08:31 4538585 /lib/libnss_compat-2.9.so
7fe772698000-7fe772699000 rw-p 00008000 08:31 4538585 /lib/libnss_compat-2.9.so
7fe772699000-7fe7726c8000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538374 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
7fe7726c8000-7fe7728c7000 ---p 0002f000 08:31 4538374 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
7fe7728c7000-7fe7728c8000 r--p 0002e000 08:31 4538374 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
7fe7728c8000-7fe7728c9000 rw-p 0002f000 08:31 4538374 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
7fe7728c9000-7fe77290d000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 15147259 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77290d000-7fe772b0c000 ---p 00044000 08:31 15147259 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe772b0c000-7fe772b0d000 r--p 00043000 08:31 15147259 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe772b0d000-7fe772b0e000 rw-p 00044000 08:31 15147259 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe772b0e000-7fe772b0f000 rw-p 7fe772b0e000 00:00 0
7fe772b0f000-7fe772b4b000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538534 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fe772b4b000-7fe772d4a000 ---p 0003c000 08:31 4538534 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fe772d4a000-7fe772d4b000 r--p 0003b000 08:31 4538534 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fe772d4b000-7fe772d4c000 rw-p 0003c000 08:31 4538534 /lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fe772d4c000-7fe772d6c000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 15150053 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
7fe772d6c000-7fe772f6c000 ---p 00020000 08:31 15150053 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
7fe772f6c000-7fe772f6d000 r--p 00020000 08:31 15150053 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
7fe772f6d000-7fe772f6e000 rw-p 00021000 08:31 15150053 /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
7fe772f6e000-7fe772f75000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 4538594 /lib/librt-2.9.so
7fe772f75000-7fe773174000 ---p 00007000 08:31 4538594 /lib/librt-2.9.so
7fe773174000-7fe773175000 r--p 00006000 08:31 4538594 /lib/librt-2.9.so
7fe773175000-7fe773176000 rw-p 00007000 08:31 4538594 /lib/librt-2.9.so
7fe773176000-7fe77317a000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 15151815 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77317a000-7fe773379000 ---p 00004000 08:31 15151815 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe773379000-7fe77337a000 r--p 00003000 08:31 15151815 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77337a000-7fe77337b000 rw-p 00004000 08:31 15151815 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77337b000-7fe77337e000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 15150737 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77337e000-7fe77357d000 ---p 00003000 08:31 15150737 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77357d000-7fe77357e000 r--p 00002000 08:31 15150737 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77357e000-7fe77357f000 rw-p 00003000 08:31 15150737 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
7fe77357f000-7fe7735db000 r-xp 00000000 08:31 15148299 /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0.1.0
7fe7735db000-7fe7737db000 ---p 0005c000 08:31 15148299 /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0.1.Aborted
metacity: Unknown option --only-current-screen
~$

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said : 		#1

Well I solved it quite by accident. The solution is both simple and very annoying.

It seems that when I upgraded, an obscure, undocumented parameter was set.

This parameter is MENU:System>Preference>Appearance;TAB:Visual Effects: RadioButton>None.

Apparently what this does is completely and irrevocably disable any compiz actions, and causes the *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/compiz.real: double free or corruption error.

If one adds a new user this parameter is not set, hence compiz works for that user.

When I unset this parameter, compiz became fully functional⋯works better than 8.10.

Also I discovered, that to ensure compiz configuration applies to the correct screen, use Alt-F2-ccsm in the desired screen to set the configuration, and only open one ccsm at a time.

Thanks to Lady Luck for this one!

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said : 		#2

Thanks to https://bugs.launchpad.net/~midnightflash for his helpful comment in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372826 which lead to the search and accidental discovery of the solution.

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mstfa cmly (mstfacmly) said : 		#3

keepitsimpleengr : Where is this parameter set? It's been driving me crazy, trying to get Compiz to load properly on login.

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said : 		#4

I'm now using 9.10.

I checked the parameter mentioned above, and it is not set 9.10 at all.

Decoded directions: MENU⋯Main menus for Ubuntu, there are three: Applications, Places, System
System⋯the System mentioned above
Preferences⋯a menu item that opens a sub-menu in the System menu
Appearance⋯A window that opens titled "Appearance Preferences"
TAB⋯the tabs that appear on the above window. There are 5 from Theme…to…Visual Effects.
Radio Button⋯There are three under the above tab: None, Normal, Extra

On my 9.10 system none of these radio buttons [?] are checked, and I use compiz on two screens.

If you go to help from the "Help" button on this window, you will find the help for this tab, Visual Effects, is not listed. [?]

If you search for "Visual Effects" on the search box on this page, the 1st item returned will be a reference to "Visual Effects". At this reference I found what appears to be useful information.

file:///usr/share/gnome/help/desktop-effects/C/desktop-effects.xml#desktop-effects

The choices are:
# 1. What are visual effects?
# 2. Configuring visual effects
# 3. Using keyboard shortcuts with visual effects
# 4. Enabling extra effects
# 5. Common problems
# 6. Further information

Apparently, the "Visual Effects" documentation is an Ubuntu Documentation Project addition to the GNOME Documentation Project.

You might find them helpful. Hope this helps, good luck.

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mstfa cmly (mstfacmly) said : 		#5

If I understood correctly, you were able to fix the problem by checking on another radio button in previous versions of Ubuntu?

If that's the case, I've been trying that method, and it's not working.

I'll check the documentation in case there's something in there.