Desktop Effects messes up desktop

EZEQUAL · #1 5th January 2007, 09:40 PM

So heres what happens.

I switch it on, my display gets crushed into a square shape, and my menus get messed up. I try and switch off display on a cube but it still stays square, and if i log off and log back on with Desktop effects left on ill loose all top and bottom side panels and wont have access to anything.

If there is a way to work on or fix any of this it would be great, if not I would at least like to know where on earth the installation and configuration files for the Desktop Effects component are located. Please be specific as I am decent with Linux but don't know where many of the common areas are that things are stored.

Thankx!

- E

EZEQUAL · #2 5th January 2007, 10:01 PM

I too pictures using my camera phone since i dont know how to to image captureing on liux that can show what exactly its doing to my computer when I run the Desktop effects. I also tried Beryl which, despite not booting when i log back in, has the same effect on the desktop even with cubeing the desktop disabled.

jim · #3 5th January 2007, 10:05 PM

What video card do you have ? also peek here
http://forum.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=121119

rappermas · #4 5th January 2007, 10:08 PM

Can you post your xorg.conf?

To get it:

Code:

gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

EZEQUAL · #5 5th January 2007, 10:17 PM

Here is the xorg.conf:

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

The machine I am working on is at work and im headed home soon but I shuold still be abel to remote into the machine and continue workign on this form there.

EZEQUAL · #6 5th January 2007, 10:21 PM

Oh yeah this didnt make it through:
Linux reports it as a ATI Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]

Also the addatced screen shot shows how an instance of terminal can go behind the bottom taskbar but then goes off into the "space" thats created when I enter "nice" mode when using Beryl or Desktop effects

rappermas · #7 6th January 2007, 03:25 AM

You're missing an important thing in your xorg.conf file for AIGLX.

Under the Screen section, you need to add the line:
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

Here's what it should look like:

Code:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV36GL [Quadro FX 1100]"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "720x400" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

When this is done, log out, log back in, and see if anything has been fixed. If it hasn't then you should install the proprietary ATi drivers (fglrx). They are on the livna repository. That's if this doesn't fix it though.

EZEQUAL · #8 9th January 2007, 03:11 PM

Well I did add the line to my xorg.conf then i realized that it would probably be helpful if i posted the errors that it was displaying when i ran the beryl-manager:

Code:

[PSIPHON@MSCDS-0007 ~]$ beryl-manager
[PSIPHON@MSCDS-0007 ~]$ libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
XGL Absent, checking for NVIDIA
Nvidia Absent, checking for texture_from_pixmap
texture_from_pixmap Present
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b

** (process:3609): WARNING **: get_setting_is_integrated not found in backend ini

** (process:3609): WARNING **: get_setting_is_read_only not found in backend ini

** (process:3609): WARNING **: get_setting_is_integrated not found in backend ini

** (process:3609): WARNING **: get_setting_is_read_only not found in backend ini
beryl: water: GL_ARB_fragment_program is missing
Initiating splash
Reloading all options.

Also, how to I run the ATI driver installiation from the repositoy. I dont know the command to do that.

EZEQUAL · #9 9th January 2007, 03:49 PM

Update Here is my xorg.conf

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	 Option     "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
	 Option     "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth    24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

## Additional modifications to enable proper desktop addon support

Section "DRI"
        Group        0
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

And here are the errors that Im getting :\

Code:

[PSIPHON@MSCDS-0007 ~]$ beryl-manager 
[PSIPHON@MSCDS-0007 ~]$ XGL Absent, checking for NVIDIA
Nvidia Absent, checking for texture_from_pixmap

texture_from_pixmap Present
beryl: No composite extension

[PSIPHON@MSCDS-0007 ~]$

When I run beryl-manager the manager loads but it doesnt throw the above error message in the console taht I launched it from until i try and switch it over to the Beryl Window manager.

bugeyedcreepy · #10 10th March 2008, 12:14 AM

Was there ever a fix for this issue? I have the exact same problem and ATI's proprietary driver doesn't support this Radeon RV100/7000 card.