Desktop effects could not be enabled - Nvidia - Compiz
Hello all.
I have yet another problem. I am running Ubuntu Gusty with a GeForce 7200 GS PCI express card. Until recently I have been able to run the "normal" desktop effects nicely and "extra" ran kinda choppy. What i wanted was the complete 3D desktop experience (the multi-desktop cube thing). So I installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12-pkg1.run hopeing for smoother video and the 3d cube option (which I have been unable to locate as of yet). Unfortunately I now cannot even enable "normal" desktop effects. I get the "Desktop effects could not be enabled" message. I'm worse off then when I started. Can anyone tell me how to clean up my mess and how to enable full 3D effects. can my card even handle effects like that? please let me know. I'm still a bit of a newbie so if you need any output for xorg.conf or the like please let me know how to do so and it will be posted asap. Thanks in advance. "In a world without walls and fences who needs Windows and Gates?" |
This deals with desktop effects and compizfusion: https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/desktop-effects/C/
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Nope.
Thanks for your reply but frankly that link is of little use. It says that if I get the "Desktop effects could not be enabled" message than my card dose not support 3d effects. This is not the case here. I was running some effects and wanted more effects but I messed up and now I can't get anything. I've not changed the card, just the driver. I've tried the drivers I was using before with no luck. I still can't enable desktop effects. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Post the contents of your Xorg.conf to this forum.
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xorg.conf
With pleasure. :)
# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using # values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode. # # You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real" xorg.conf # For example: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Failsafe Device" Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series" Busid "PCI:1:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Screen 0 Vendorname "NVIDIA" Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Failsafe Monitor" Vendorname "Generic LCD Display" Modelname "LCD Panel 1680x1050" Horizsync 31.5-65.5 Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0 modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync modeline "1280x768@60" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync modeline "1280x720@60" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync modeline "1440x900@60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync modeline "1600x1024@60" 136.36 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1025 1028 1060 -hsync +vsync modeline "1680x1050@60" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync Gamma 1.0 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Failsafe Device" Monitor "Failsafe Monitor" Defaultdepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1680 1050 Modes "1680x1050@60" "1600x1024@60" "1440x900@60" "1280x800@60" "1280x720@60" "1280x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0 Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard" Inputdevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "device" # Identifier "device1" Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series" Busid "PCI:1:0:0" Driver "nv" Screen 1 Vendorname "NVIDIA" EndSection Section "screen" # Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Defaultdepth 24 Monitor "monitor1" EndSection Section "monitor" # Identifier "monitor1" Gamma 1.0 EndSection Section "ServerFlags" EndSection |
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yes but how?
I am now runing the Nvidia driver (not vesa). but NVIDIA X Settings says "fail to query the GLX server vendor". when I install Xserver-xgl then x server will not start at all and I need to remove Xserver-xgl at the command line. I ran the "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" but all that did was give me options to set screen resolution (which is fine by the way). Right now I can use the system fine and even watch movies but my openGL screensavers do not work and I cannot enable "normal" desktop effects let alone advanced desktop effects (the desktop cube) which is my ultimate goal here.
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I fixed it.
Ok... First, thank you Nexus for all your help. But I had messed up my system royally. So, desperate for the compizfusion cube and other effects, I backed up my Home directory and reinstalled Ubuntu. This time through it worked great. I am now running compiz fusion. I hate to shoot a fly with a bazooka but sometimes, even in Linux, a fresh install is the best option.
Take care all. |
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What you did worked, but as your system grows and you install packages, you will find that reloading the OS to solve a minor problem is not practical. In Windows, you do this because Microsoft makes a deliberate effort to make the workings of the system obscure and hard to follow - and it is indeed deliberate. Hence reloading the OS is often the most practical route because otherwise you just can't figure the problem out in a reasonable period of time. Linux, however, logs everything and tries to give you all the information you need. Linux is therefore a breeze to troubleshoot, relative to Windows. Reloading for every little thing is the Windows way. In linux or any other *nix, you can fix it. I have been running my current Linux system since 2001. In that time, the system has been upgraded from Mandrake 7.2 all the way to Mandriva 2008 without a reload. It has just recently moved onto its fourth hard drive in that time. It has been through 3 motherboards, 4 processors, 2 HD controllers, and many other config changes along the way. In that time and through those moves, I have never reloaded. I have restored from backup a few times; once when the SCSI HD controller failed and corrupted the hell out of the HD, and a couple times when I managed to hose things up thoroughly while hacking around. But I have never reloaded. Never needed to; could always fix it. That's a big part of the point. With Linux, you can fix it. |
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Hello,
I have the same problem. I want to know how can i fix it. I don't need no reinstallation. Can you help me please? xorg.conf: Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig |
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Xorg.0.log (just mess for me) - part1
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Xorg.0.log (just mess for me) - part2
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(II) LoadModule: "glx" |
Well, I joined this forum because I need the Linux Gods to smile on me.:)
I have the same problem. Nvidia GeForce FX-5500, Ubuntu 9.04, HP Pavilion a305. All I'm looking to achieve is Normal Desktop effects and I can't even get to that point. It appears I have all the Compiz components installed and running including CompizConfig Settings Manager. Just can't seem to get there from here. Here is my Xorg.0.log output file. I have no idea what to look for in here. Any help greatly appreciated. Z Code:
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Have you first enabled the effects under System--> Appearances--> Visual Effects?
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This is where I started. |
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