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can't run compiz-fusion on kubuntu gutsy

Asked by dumpa

Hi,
I followed the instructions for installing and running compiz-fusion from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/CompizFusion

when I run

compiz --replace

I get the following:

Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0324 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 21
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1600x1200) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Less than 65536kb of memory and nVidiaaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
no /usr/bin/metacity found, exiting

Can someone help me with this?
thanks

Dumpa

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exactt (giesbert) said : 		#1

what exactly is your graphics card model? nvidia, right? using the restricted driver? having less then 64MB graphics ram?

"Less than 65536kb of memory and nVidiaaborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity"

seems your graphics card doesn't meet the requirements...

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dumpa (dumpita) said : 		#2

Thanks, I don't know how to check my graphics card model.
But I think it should meet the requirements, I think is a good one.

I go to system settings and all i see is

Graphics Card: nv
Driver: nvidia

If I go to configure it says the graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)

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dumpa (dumpita) said : 		#3

problem fixed

I found the answer on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582207&page=2

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dumpa (dumpita) said : 		#4

Sorry, I was able to run compiz fusion, but now the screen turns black, sometimes you are able to use it for a while but eventually. Right after you log in the screen flashes with some black area.

What I did was to install xserver-xgl and reboot. This made possible to run compiz --replace.

any hints?

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exactt (giesbert) said : 		#5

if you have a nvidia card you don't need xgl. this is just for ati cards as far as i know. nvidia supports aiglx out of the box which should be enough for compiz.
try getting rid of xserver-xgl...
try running nvidia-settings to find out more about your graphics adapter and tell us...

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dumpa (dumpita) said : 		#6

Here is some additional info:

NVIDIA Driver Version 100.14.19
Display Model Seiko (DFP-0)

GPUs: GeForce FX Go5200 (GPU 0)
Depth: 24
Resolution: 135x135 dots per inch
Dimensions: 1600 x 1200 pixels

Graphics Card Information:

VBIOS Version: 04.34.20.34.d2
Memory: 32 MB
Bus Type: AGP 4X
Bus ID: 1:0:0
IRQ: 21
X Screens: Screen 0
Display Devices: Seiko (DFP-0)

thanks

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Best exactt (giesbert) said : 		#7

and there you go:

Memory: 32 MB

which is less then 64MB...

sorry pal

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dumpa (dumpita) said : 		#8

thanks