It looked like compiz might be really easy for 11.1 with the .ymp file, but so far it’s troubles all the way with both my laptop and my desktop. Both reported serious repo errors - loads of un-providable dependencies - this morning when I tried on my newly-11.1-upgraded desktop, it actually reported that one of the packages had been hacked or attacked due to a checksum error.
KDE3 - both use NVidia cards (6xxx on lappie, 8xxx on desktop) - but that wouldn’t give the repo errors, right?
PattiMichelle adjusted his/her AFDB on Saturday 22 Aug 2009 17:06 to write:
>
> It looked like compiz might be really easy for 11.1 with the .ymp file,
> but so far it’s troubles all the way with both my laptop and my desktop.
> Both reported serious repo errors - loads of un-providable dependencies
> - this morning when I tried on my newly-11.1-upgraded desktop, it
> actually reported that one of the packages had been hacked or attacked
> due to a checksum error.
>
> KDE3 - both use NVidia cards (6xxx on lappie, 8xxx on desktop) - but
> that wouldn’t give the repo errors, right?
>
>
I have been using these repos:
/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1
/repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1/
both from:
And finally after having a bit of time on my hands tonight I have got compiz
working in both xfce “AND” KDE4.3, even the cube with the gears and
everything that I want, all I need to do is find out how to get the
notification sounds for the window manager working with KDE and I have my
near perfect desktop.
There is an app called fusion-icon which really helps to get stuff
configured in KDE, I first got all working in xfce and then went to KDE to
setup there to my liking.
Beats kwin into a cocked hat if you ask me, the CPU usage is nonexistent
even with all effects enabled compared to kwin.
If I woz down wif da yoof I couls say it r0ckz
Now if I could only get compiz working in 11.2 I would be a really happy
bunny.
HTH
–
Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum
Yes, I must say that when you do an OpenSuSE machine right (right drivers, etc.) it is a screamer. But being among the Linux-impaired, I am always running into “gotchas” - like you have to hit “q” after the terminal displays one of the “most agree to” textfile agreements… it took me 6 months to figure out it wasn’t <ctrl> - some character
'K - I added those two repos, now let’s let the .ymp thingie run again for Compiz…
Shoot! Got the same errors… I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that I can’t find anything I’m used to in kde4 so I’m using kde3?
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compizconfig-settings-manager-0.8.2-6.1.x86_64 requires compiz = 0.8.2, but this requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: compiz-0.8.2-161.1.x86_64[repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1/]
compiz-0.8.2-161.1.i586[repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1/]
compiz-0.8.2-161.1.i586[X11:XGL]
compiz-0.8.2-161.1.x86_64[X11:XGL]
] Following actions will be done:
do not install compizconfig-settings-manager-0.8.2-6.1.x86_64
do not install python-compizconfig-0.8.2-3.1.x86_64
] do not install compiz-0.7.8-11.49.x86_64
] Ignore some dependencies of compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz-kde4-0.7.8-11.49.x86_64 requires libplasma.so.3()(64bit), but this requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: libkde4-4.3.0-158.1.x86_64[KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop]
] Following actions will be done:
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replacement of kde4-akregator-4.1.3-3.14.9.x86_64 with akregator-4.3.0-156.3.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-kio_kamera-4.1.3-4.6.x86_64 with kio_kamera-4.3.0-121.1.x86_64
replacement of kde4-kio_sysinfo-11.1-66.4.x86_64 with kio_sysinfo-11.1.2-72.3.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-konquest-4.1.3-3.9.x86_64 with konquest-4.3.0-79.1.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-krdc-4.1.3-4.11.x86_64 with krdc-4.3.0-103.1.x86_64
replacement of kde4-kreversi-4.1.3-3.9.x86_64 with kreversi-4.3.0-79.1.x86_64
replacement of kde4-krfb-4.1.3-4.11.x86_64 with krfb-4.3.0-103.1.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-kscd-4.1.3-4.11.x86_64 with kscd-4.3.0-76.4.x86_64
replacement of kde4-kshisen-4.1.3-3.9.x86_64 with kshisen-4.3.0-79.1.x86_64
replacement of kde4-ksnapshot-4.1.3-4.6.x86_64 with ksnapshot-4.3.0-121.1.x86_64
replacement of kde4-kspaceduel-4.1.3-3.9.x86_64 with kspaceduel-4.3.0-79.1.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-ksudoku-4.1.3-3.9.x86_64 with ksudoku-4.3.0-79.1.x86_64
replacement of kde4-kwalletmanager-4.1.3-2.9.x86_64 with kwalletmanager-4.3.0-90.1.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-okular-4.1.3-4.6.x86_64 with okular-4.3.0-121.1.x86_64
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replacement of kde4-kfind-4.1.3-3.8.9.x86_64 with kfind-4.3.0-112.1.x86_64
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] Ignore some dependencies of compiz-kde4
] do not install compiz-kde4-0.7.8-11.49.x86_64
Hi,
I think you may want to look at this thread:
Compiz Fusion on 4.3 X - openSUSE Forums
It applies to all KDE versions other than 4.2.
What happens, is the 1-click installer adds an extra KDE4.2 repository which tries to upgrade some packages to KDE4.2.
But from what I see in your dependency list, you have a lot of 4.3 packages trying to install. So we’ll have to get that straightened out.
Could you please open up a terminal and then provide the output of:
zypper lr -d
Take Care,
Ian
Edit: Baskitcaise, the method I linked to also works for 11.2 
PattiDesktop:/home/patti # zypper lr -d
—±-----------------------------------------------------------------------±---------------------------------------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Barninger_1 | Barninger | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/linux/misc/suser-sbarnin/suse111 |
2 | Education/openSUSE_11.0/1 | Education/openSUSE_11.0/ | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/opensuse/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.1 |
3 | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1 |
4 | Libdvdcss repository | Libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://suse.linuxin.dk/repo/11.1/ |
5 | Main_Repository(NON-OSS) | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss |
6 | Main_Repository_(OSS) | Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
7 | Mozilla_based_projects_(openSUSE_11.0) | Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_11.1) | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1 |
8 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/packman/suse/11.1 |
9 | X11:XGL | X11:XGL | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory |
10 | devel:tools:building | devel:tools:building | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/devel:/tools:/building/openSUSE_11.1 |
11 | Index of /update/11.1 | Index of /update/11.1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.1 |
12 | http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.0/_1 | Index of /pub/opensuse/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.0 | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/opensuse/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.1 |
13 | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss |
14 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | No | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr1,/dev/sr0 |
15 | openSuSE11.0DVD | openSuSE11.0DVD | No | No | 99 | yast2 | dir:///OSS/sdb7/openSuSE11.0DVD/ |
16 | packman.unixheads.com/suse/11.0/_1 | packman.unixheads.com/suse/11.0/ | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /suse/11.1 |
17 | repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1 | repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1 |
18 | repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1/ | repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1/ | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1 |
PattiDesktop:/home/patti #
PattiDesktop:/home/patti # zypper lr -d
—±-----------------------------------------------------------------------±---------------------------------------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Barninger_1 | Barninger | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/linux/misc/suser-sbarnin/suse111 |
2 | Education/openSUSE_11.0/1 | Education/openSUSE_11.0/ | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/opensuse/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.1 |
3 | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop | KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1 |
4 | Libdvdcss repository | Libdvdcss repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://suse.linuxin.dk/repo/11.1/ |
5 | Main_Repository(NON-OSS) | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss |
6 | Main_Repository_(OSS) | Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss |
7 | Mozilla_based_projects_(openSUSE_11.0) | Mozilla based projects (openSUSE_11.1) | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1 |
8 | Packman Repository | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/packman/suse/11.1 |
9 | X11:XGL | X11:XGL | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1_KDE4_Factory |
10 | devel:tools:building | devel:tools:building | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/devel:/tools:/building/openSUSE_11.1 |
11 | Index of /update/11.1 | Index of /update/11.1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.1 |
12 | http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.0/_1 | Index of /pub/opensuse/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.0 | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/opensuse/repositories/science/openSUSE_11.1 |
13 | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss |
14 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | No | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr1,/dev/sr0 |
15 | openSuSE11.0DVD | openSuSE11.0DVD | No | No | 99 | yast2 | dir:///OSS/sdb7/openSuSE11.0DVD/ |
16 | packman.unixheads.com/suse/11.0/_1 | packman.unixheads.com/suse/11.0/ | No | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /suse/11.1 |
17 | repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1 | repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1 |
18 | repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1/ | repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1/ | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1 |
PattiDesktop:/home/patti #
EDIT: I am trying the “customize” selection described in the referenced thread… I unchecked anything that said KDE4 and got… (I’m running 11.1 x86_64)
simple-ccsm-0.7.8-11.6.x86_64 requires compiz-fusion-plugins-main, but this requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-4.16.i586[Main_Repository_(OSS)]
compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-32.4.x86_64[repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1]
compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-32.4.i586[repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1]
compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-4.16.i586[openSUSE:11.1]
] Ignore some dependencies of simple-ccsm
] Following actions will be done:
do not install compiz-plugins-main-0.8.2-100.9.x86_64
do not install compiz-plugins-extra-0.8.2-102.2.x86_64
] do not install simple-ccsm-0.7.8-11.6.x86_64
Sorry for the long time to respond. First off are you trying to run KDE 4.3? Because you have its repository which set off all the conflicts about upgrading kde. Second, get rid of the two previous compiz and xgl repositories you added before you try the one-click installer.
And for your conflict you last posted, choose
[x] do not install simple-ccsm-0.7.8-11.6.x86_64
Take Care,
Ian
Oops - I guess a previous try had left the 4.xKDO repos installed… I think I’m dyslexic that I always miss these things…:shame:
Edit: Hmmm. I deleted the 4.x repos and re-ran the ymp and it didn’t throw any errors at all. I guess the YaST package resolution code is really complex - like writing a computer program to play chess. It reported success this time!! Yay! Do you know of a good website on configuring Compiz that includes both the simple and the advanced? I know there are a huge number of possibilities…
Oops - simple-ccsm says my desktop isn’t configured to support effects. I know 3D is working, so I guess it’s the “compositing” switch in xorg.conf, even though the openSuSE compiz page indicated that I didn’t have to manually enable that in 11.1, though it was a very confusing read and I probably misunderstood.
OK, that cleared up the simple-ccsm error:
patti@PattiDesktop:~> simple-ccsm
Checking for Xdmx: not present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
01:00.0 0300: 10de:0422 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for software rasterizer: not present.
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1920x1200) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Dry run finished: everything should work with regards to Compiz and 3D.
No compiz manager config found!
Checking for Xdmx: not present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
01:00.0 0300: 10de:0422 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for software rasterizer: not present.
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1920x1200) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
That looks like it failed because it couldn’t load the default slide do you have a config setting to choose the bottom and top caps(At least it would rule it out or disable the cube for the moment.)? Sorry not sure of simple-cssm always use cssm.
Hi,
I don’t see the Nvidia repository in your list of repositories. Did you install the drivers for your graphics card? If not tell us the specific graphics card you’re using.
Take Care,
Ian
Sorry, I didn’t see the 6xxx and 8xxx in your first post.
Get the Nvidia drivers from here:
You’ll want to use the first green one-click-installer.
Then follow the instructions below the installers to let sax2 detect and use the new drivers.
Take Care,
Ian
Wow! Works like a charm. There’s just a couple of gotchas, but there are SO MANY different platforms out there, it’s a wonder it’s actually this easy. I had to restart the windows manager after manually turning compositing on in xorg.conf - that was the problem.
Ah, gotcha.
Glad you have it working 
Take Care,
Ian
openSuSE ROCKS!!!