Click "Enable Desktop Effects" = log out

tdcrooks · #1 11th September 2009, 07:21 PM

Hi everyone,

I don't ever run my Fedora 11 system with desktop effects enabled, because I have an older laptop that can't be bothered to be slowed down [using extra resources] with them enabled.

I could, however, enable them to show people who haven't seen the cube/wobbly windows. That was before...

Now, when I go to System > Preferences > >Desktop Effects and click "Enable Desktop Effects", it just logs me out immediately, then I have to log back in, AND the Desktop Effects didn't even apply

Is there a particular log file I can check to see where errors may lie?

Thanks for any help!!

Discov3ry · #2 11th September 2009, 09:51 PM

I'd start by looking at /var/log/Xorg.log

How does it log you out? Gracefully, almost like after going through a regular log out, or rather abruptly, like as if X crashes?

ryptyde · #3 11th September 2009, 11:53 PM

Open a terminal and enter:

Code:

desktop-effects

and see if it throws an error.

tdcrooks · #4 12th September 2009, 05:55 AM

Code:

[fresh@630m ~]$ desktop-effects 

(desktop-effects:5195): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(desktop-effects:5195): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed
[fresh@630m ~]$

Quote:

Originally Posted by Discov3ry

I'd start by looking at /var/log/Xorg.log

How does it log you out? Gracefully, almost like after going through a regular log out, or rather abruptly, like as if X crashes?

Pretty abruptly. The screen goes black, then after a bit it goes to the login screen...

I think it used to go black for a second before, but never would it log out.

Here's:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324868/log.txt

Nyan · #5 13th September 2009, 02:23 PM

Hey, I've the same problem. I'm running fedora 11.

hotdog · #6 14th September 2009, 04:57 AM

It's a bug in the latest X.Org update, see here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518748

There's more discussion and some alternative workarounds here: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=229898

tdcrooks · #7 14th September 2009, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotdog

It's a bug in the latest X.Org update, see here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518748

As per that bug report, running this command fixed the issue for me.

Code:

sed -i -re 's/(export.*INDIRECT=1)/#\1/' /usr/bin/compiz-gtk

Edit:

Oh, and I ran it as root.