compiz currently (0.8.18) broken with libxml2. i think fix is out already on the compiz repo
Unfortunately you fail to provide exact version numbers and the actual error message…where do you see a conflict of the packages on an up to date Tumbleweed system?
:~> LANG=C zypper se -si compiz libxml2
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+--------------------------------------+---------+-------------+--------+-----------------------
i+ | compiz | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-bcop | package | 0.8.18-1.12 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-branding-openSUSE | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-emerald | package | 0.8.18-2.22 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-emerald-lang | package | 0.8.18-2.22 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-emerald-theme-manager | package | 0.8.18-2.22 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-emerald-themes | package | 0.8.18-1.13 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-gnome | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-lang | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-manager | package | 0.7.0-2.2 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-plugins-experimental | package | 0.8.18-1.25 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins-experimental-lang | package | 0.8.18-1.25 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins-extra | package | 0.8.18-1.25 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins-extra-lang | package | 0.8.18-1.25 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins-main | package | 0.8.18-1.26 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins-main-lang | package | 0.8.18-1.26 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i+ | compizconfig-settings-manager | package | 0.8.18-2.14 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compizconfig-settings-manager-common | package | 0.8.18-2.14 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | compizconfig-settings-manager-lang | package | 0.8.18-2.14 | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | libcompizconfig | package | 0.8.18-2.19 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | libxml2-2 | package | 2.12.6-1.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | libxml2-tools | package | 2.12.6-1.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
i | python311-compizconfig | package | 0.8.18-2.27 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+--------------------------------------+---------+-------------+--------+----------------------
i+ | compiz | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-branding-openSUSE | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-emerald | package | 0.8.18-2.22 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-emerald-lang | package | 0.8.18-2.22 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-emerald-theme-manager | package | 0.8.18-2.22 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-emerald-themes | package | 0.8.18-1.13 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-lang | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins | package | 0.8.18-2.13 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-plugins-extra | package | 0.8.18-1.25 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-plugins-extra-lang | package | 0.8.18-1.25 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compiz-plugins-main | package | 0.8.18-1.26 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compiz-plugins-main-lang | package | 0.8.18-1.26 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compizconfig-settings-manager | package | 0.8.18-2.14 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | compizconfig-settings-manager-common | package | 0.8.18-2.14 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | compizconfig-settings-manager-lang | package | 0.8.18-2.14 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | libcompizconfig | package | 0.8.18-2.19 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | libxml2-2 | package | 2.12.6-1.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | libxml2-2-32bit | package | 2.12.6-1.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | libxml2-devel | package | 2.12.6-1.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | libxml2-tools | package | 2.12.6-1.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | python310-compizconfig | package | 0.8.18-2.27 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | python311-compizconfig | package | 0.8.18-2.27 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
and the error
Entity: line 1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document
name="force_independent_output_painting" type="bool"/></screen></core></compiz>
^
compiz (core) - Warn: Unable to parse XML metadata
just to be sure: th error appears when entering: compiz --replace
what i gather from discussion on other distros is that libxml2 is enforcing syntax more strictly,
compiz has a fix on the repo…
I’m getting the same error. What repo and where would I find it? I’m using compiz 08.18. I’ve tried to install a previous version of libxml2 to no avail. I’m stumped how to fix this error.
the bug and fix is discussed here
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