compiz and xserver 1.5

[kkkk]

Hi,

Compiz doesn't work for me with X 1.5 and catalyst:

I get no errors or warnings but compiz simply doesn't start

With X1.4 it started correctly.
Tried with catalyst 8.10 8.11 8.12

Also xfwm4 and metacity compositings seem slow to build windows..

Here are my configs:
http://rafb.net/p/iebYeD23.html

logs:
http://rafb.net/p/fqfcCA31.html

Thanks

[SaThaRiel]

Hi,

sorry for a first-post-problem-post. I really like your forum - but was a silent reader. The patch for catalyst 8.9 really made my day Thanks for your help.

The problem: I think i have the same issue with openbox on ArchLinux. Installed 8.10, 8.11 and 8.12 - compositing will load, but then resizing windows and desktop switches (to dektops with windows on them!) is very slow (more than 2 secs - up to 5)
When i disable composite in xorg.conf it works as expected.
The only "suspicous" messages are in messages.log:

dmesg | grep fglrx
fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 927 MBytes.
[fglrx]   vendor: 1002 device: 7145 count: 1
[fglrx] ioport: bar 1, base 0x2000, size: 0x100
[fglrx] Kernel supports PAT but it has been disabled
[fglrx] Using driver built-in PAT support instead
[fglrx] Driver built-in PAT support is enabled successfully
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.56.4 [Dec  1 2008] with 1 minors
[fglrx] Gart USWC size:192 M.
[fglrx] Gart cacheable size:60 M.
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Shared offset:0, size:1000000 
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:7fb6000, size:45000 
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:7ffb000, size:5000 
[fglrx] It's not necessary to adjust system aperture on this ASIC 
[fglrx] It's not necessary to adjust system aperture on this ASIC 
[fglrx] It's not necessary to adjust system aperture on this ASIC 
[fglrx] Gart USWC size:192 M.
[fglrx] Gart cacheable size:60 M.
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Shared offset:0, size:1000000 
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:7fb6000, size:45000 
[fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:7ffb000, size:5000

Any ideas how i can "catch" this problem? Its really annoying - 3D apps and the like are working "normal", no strange behaviour.

My xorg.conf: http://nopaste.info/74aad6f224.html
Im using an ATI mobility X1400 (IBM T60 built-in)

Many thanks in advance

[adamk]

Hi,

Compiz doesn't work for me with X 1.5 and catalyst:

I get no errors or warnings but compiz simply doesn't start

With X1.4 it started correctly.
Tried with catalyst 8.10 8.11 8.12

Also xfwm4 and metacity compositings seem slow to build windows..

Here are my configs:
http://rafb.net/p/iebYeD23.html

logs:
http://rafb.net/p/fqfcCA31.html

Thanks

You don't get any output from compiz when you start it in a terminal? How are, exactly, are you starting compiz?

Adam

[kkkk]

I tried both

compiz --replace

and

LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=True compiz --replace

and yes, I get no output from compiz, just the desktop and the windows disappear for 1-2 sec and then I get the desktop without window manager.
(and without effects, so compiz isn't loaded at all)

I noticed that compiz seems to be running (the process compiz keeps running), but it's not working as I've said.

P.S. I'm using a radeon x1600

[adamk]

I'm guessing that arch is not using the compiz-manager script, renamed to simply 'compiz'. What's the output of "file `which compiz` "?

[kkkk]

[kk@zero ~]$ file `which compiz`
/usr/bin/compiz: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, stripped

yeah,
the compiz-manager isn't in the main compiz package.

This is the output of compiz-manager:

[kk@zero ~]$ compiz-manager 
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

[kkkk]

ok,
I've whitlisted fglrx and compiz starts.

Last question:
compiz is slow to open windows that are iconified.
This happens also with others composited wm (xfwm, metacity).
With X1.4 it was fast..

Some suggestions?

[SaThaRiel]

Last question:
compiz is slow to open windows that are iconified.
This happens also with others composited wm (xfwm, metacity).
With X1.4 it was fast..

Some suggestions?

Is it the same when you resize windows and switch to desktops with windows on them?
I have this problem (and just read that you seem to have it too). I can disable Composite in xorg.conf - but this wont help you (also you may try). I just want it for window transparancy - not for cubes and stuff.

Sadly i havent found any way to make xorg working smoothly with compisote enabled.

[kkkk]

yes, same issues...

I've just tried radeonhd driver with DRI and compiz works perfectly..
I've never seen such speed with compiz, even with X1.4 and catalyst :O
I'm just mesmerized!

[SaThaRiel]

Strange - tried the radeonhd driver too and i had no change. Same problem with resizing and desktop switches
Do you use any setting in your xorg.conf which may help?