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Visual Effects don't work after install of Amarok

Asked by Westin Lohne

I just installed Amarok and all my visual effects don't work. I tried oping my Compiz manager settings, they don't open! I uninstall ed Amarok in synaptic package manager but still no effects and i cant open the Compiz manager! Im running Ubuntu 7.10.

Thanks,
Westin

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#1

type compiz in console and put the output here.

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WestinLohne (westinlohne) said : 		#2

yeah...can you please explain a little more on how to do that?

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Westin Lohne (westin) said : 		#3

Woops, rong launchpad account...

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Westin Lohne (westin) said : 		#4

yeah...can you please explain a little more on how to do that?

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Westin Lohne (westin) said : 		#5

If you mean terminal, then this is what it said

westin@Ubuntu:~$ compiz
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:05.0 0300: 10de:0241 (rev a2) (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 (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): 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
westin@Ubuntu:~$

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#6

Hmm
Well try doing this
sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl
and then run compiz again

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Westin Lohne (westin) said : 		#7

I did what you told me and then started up compiz again...everything works except wobbly windows and the effects.

westin@Ubuntu:~$ compiz
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:05.0 0300: 10de:0241 (rev a2) (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 (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): 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

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#8

do sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl and try that again

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Best Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said : 		#9

Oh I already told you that, my mistake. It still says to install xgl...?
Well im just gonna say, if all you arnt getting is wobbly windows, I wouldnt worry all too much. Wobbly windows get annoying after the initial wow effect.

I am not sure what that last error message means, Im sorry. Perhaps its that what is stopping things.

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Westin Lohne (westin) said : 		#10

Ok, thanks for all your help.

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Westin Lohne (westin) said : 		#11

Thanks Sidarth Dasari, that solved my question.