11.1 RC1 - No compiz, window effects, and broken plasma dash - Page 3

speretz · #21 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 09:12

Well, no good news here. I don't get all the same errors, but it still doesn't work. Simple-ccsm effects do nothing at all, while the built-in KDE compiz still runs at a solid 60(when I'm not doing anything). I haven't rebuilt my drivers yet from the source code issue, but I will post my progress when I do.

speretz · #22 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 09:18

I almost forgot, I have been looking into this since late yesterday, but I am stuck. After I followed bender's procedure, this are a couple of lines cut from the terminal when I open simple-ccsm.

Checking for Xdmx: not present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.

I am sure I need Xgl, but don't know where the problem could be.

BenderBendingRodriguez · #23 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 09:38

I'll tell You guys what i did and what worked for me.
I compiled latest drivers from Nvidia (none of them worked anyway) before I changed it(following procedure from that site) . OK, i compiled latest drives (version doesn't really matter), then nvidia-settings and got rid of sax writings in xorg-conf by saving the x configuration. After that in software management i reinstalled all compiz related files i had on disk or upgraded (after adding that repository from the site i provided).After that Ctrl+Alt+F5, logged in then su then /etc/init.d/xdm stop. After that i removed my compiz settings with rm /home/<user>/.compiz/config -R (removes folder with all settings). After that /etc/init.d/xdm restart and voila, it worked for me (some may prefer restart but i don't think it is necessary). Hope it helped.
P.S. Don't forget to delete X11 repository and add the right one from that site

speretz · #24 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 09:40

Ok, something went horribly wrong. I found that I had kernel-sources ending in 4.1 and my 3 kernel- packages ended in 4.4. So I broke the golden rule of troubleshooting and did 2 fixes at once. I "updated" my kernel down to match my sources, rebooted straight into level 3 and updated my drivers. Now I apparently have NO WINDOW MANAGER AT ALL! On top of all that, I cannot type into a terminal window at all and when I try to open software managment in yast, I cannot type my root password. WTF! Do I get to start all over again or is this fixable?

BenderBendingRodriguez · #25 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 09:58

You mean You didn't reboot Your PC and went straight to init 3 do i understand that right? Try rebooting and again updating drivers.
If that doesn't work try to boot into safe mode.

dale14846 · #26 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenderBendingRodriguez

Kernel higher than 4.1 at the end is no more available? Read announcement about GM edition. They had to rebuild everything thus there are no fresher sources or kernels

Right even the kernels in he update aren't there anymore.
my recommendation would be to wait untill the public release of 11.1
or to revert back the *4.1 kenel and source

speretz · #27 (**permalink**) 10-Dec-2008, 10:24

I had the 4.4 kernel and 4.1 sources so I downgraded my kernel to 4.1. I then restarted my PC and when it came to the bootloader, I added init 3 to avoid loading X at all. I then installed the drivers and went to level 5 and voila, broken. I will do the drivers again and see what happens.