Re: compiz fails with Xgl not present error....
copiz was designed for an X server called Xgl but X have a "new"
extension called AIGLX that acomplish tha same goal...
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Michael Fothergill
<mikef20000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Debianists,
>
> I installed my 8500GT nvidia card successfully on my amd64 sempron box running Debian Lenny:
>
> spc1-burn4-0-0-cust452:/etc/X11# glxinfo |grep rendering
> direct rendering: Yes
>
> I followed the advice kindly provided by Hans Ullrich in a recent post and after modifying the xorg.conf file I installed compiz using apt-get install compiz and ran compiz --replace & instead of trying to use the session startup method.
>
> The result was an "Xgl not present error". I looked around on google to see what this error means but I didn't get much clue.
>
> Is there a debian Xgl package I need to install for example?
>
> Your comments are appreciated.
>
> I included a copy of my xorg.conf after this output.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Fothergill
>
> spc1-burn4-0-0-cust452:/etc/X11# compiz --replace &
> [1] 4093
> spc1-burn4-0-0-cust452:/etc/X11# Checking for Xgl: not present.
> Detected PCI ID for VGA:
> Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
> Checking for non power of two support: present.
> Checking for Composite extension: present.
> Comparing resolution (1024x768) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
> Checking for nVidia: present.
> No nvidia-settings program available to determine VideoRam.Checking for FBConfig: present.
> Checking for Xgl: not present.
> Starting gtk-window-decorator
> /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: SmcOpenConnection failed: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
>
>
> spc1-burn4-0-0-cust452:/etc/X11# more xorg.conf
> # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8500 GT"
> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
> Option "RenderAccel" "true"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Generic Monitor"
> Option "DPMS"
> HorizSync 30-60
> VertRefresh 55-75
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
> Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
> Device "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8500 GT"
> Monitor "Generic Monitor"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "1280x768"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Option "AIGLX" "on"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
> Option "Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
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