Bug#539099: /usr/bin/compiz: compiz isn't working as a window manager

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

retitle 539099 compiz.real segfault at startup
forcemerge 538131 539099
thank you



Tom Epperly wrote:
> Package: compiz-core
> Version: 0.8.2-6
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/compiz
>
> I never explicitly changed to compiz as my window manager. I guess one
> of the apt-get upgrade's made it the default.

That would be surprising.

> Here is output from running "compiz --relace".
>
> faerun:~> compiz --replace
> Checking for Xgl: not present. 
> xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log 
> Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:01d1 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. 
> Checking for non power of two support: present. 
> Checking for Composite extension: present. 
> Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (4096): Passed.
> Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present. 
> Checking for nVidia: present. 
> Checking for FBConfig: present. 
> Checking for Xgl: not present. 
> /usr/bin/compiz: line 455:  5289 Segmentation fault      ${COMPIZ_BIN_PATH}${COMPIZ_NAME} $COMPIZ_OPTIONS "$@" $COMPIZ_PLUGINS
>   

So compiz just always segfault. I am retitling and merging with other
bugs, it's likely a ABI breakage in other lib. Rebuilding compiz may help.

Brice