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Compiz Issue bt5r3
Hello,
I run backtrack as a main OS, and recently I wanted to dress it up a bit with Compiz.
Linux bt 3.2.6 #1 SMP Fri Feb 17 10:34:20 EST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have followed all directions on the tutorial here: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=29035 the only thing I wasn't able to grab was ' compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported ' but everything installed fine, in my rc.local file I added everything just like the tutorial but left out the compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported package. What happens is when I reboot everything loads fine with no errors before prompting root log in. After I startx everything loads fine, but the blue icon for the Compiz Fusion isn't in my upper bar, and my settings which are woggle windows do not work.. When I manually load Compiz Fusion Icons it loads fine > right click I have tried each option differently with no success. The screen flickers and nothing happens..
When I type just 'compiz' in my terminal this is what happens
Code:
Unrecognized deviceID 126
compiz (core) - Fatal: No valid GL extensions string found.
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
Launching fallback window manager
I have been googling the issue for a day now and suspect its something to do with my intel card..
Code:
lshw -c video
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:50 memory:dd000000-dd3fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:e000(size=64)
The computer I have is a Asus laptop, I have tried to get compiz to play nicely with my intel i915 card, because this has worked before on bt5 32bit for me
Code:
apt-get purge nvidia-*
apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-intel libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
update-alternatives --remove gl_conf /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf
I have also followed another tutorial on here when I first installed to load my i915 driver here: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=48904 , not sure if this is of any help I have got this to work before on another install of bt5 32bit.
Any advice or a pointer in the right direction would be much appreciated
Thank you
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Re: Compiz Issue bt5r3
Hello I was able to fix my issue with adding ' nouveau.modeset=0 ' to my grub.cfg file after ro:
Code:
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.6' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e5430854-ded8-45f9-ad1c-f99eac9a17b1
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.6 root=UUID=e5430854-ded8-45f9-ad1c-f99eac9a17b1 ro nouveau.modeset=0 text video=i915:modeset=1 i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 pcie_aspm=force
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.6
}
After I added that I reinstalled the drivers
Code:
apt-get purge nvidia-*
apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-intel libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
update-alternatives --remove gl_conf /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf
Then I rebooted, compiz did not auto load like suggested it should in rc.local, but after startx I am able to load the compiz fusion icons and use 'reload windows manager' to get it working.. I was also able to find the compiz unsupported files here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source...ns-unsupported Though I have yet to get all of the window effects to work correctly, I am still pleased with the progress and the way it looks for now...
