Re: compiz fails with Xgl not present error....
Am Sonntag, 27. April 2008 schrieb Michael Fothergill:
> 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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Hi Michael,
I miss somehow the section "modules".
Anyway, I add my "xorg.conf" below, so you can check yours.
If it does not help, please feel free to contact again, I will then see, how I
can help.
My xorg.conf:
----------------- snip ---------------------
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (randy@juliet2) Sat May 12 15:12:41 PDT 2007
# /etc/X11/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 /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/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 "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "175"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Standardbildschirm"
HorizSync 28.0 - 72.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Driver "nvidia"
# Option "NvAGP" "1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Monitor "Standardbildschirm"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "Stereo" "1"
Option "AllowDFPStereo" "1"
Option "MultiGPU" "1"
Option "SLI" "1"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection
------------------------ snap ------------------------
Good luck !
Hans-J. Ullrich
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