OpenSUSE 11.1 Gnome: Nautilus crash and windows refresh

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Hi, I have some problems with my installation of openSUSE 11.1 (32bit)
and Gnome desktop + Compiz. I wanted to know if they are common or if
they can depend on a configuration problem.

  • Nautilus –

  1. I noticed that fails to create thumbnail (preview) of some video
    files (avi, mp4 or mkv). The video is OK, but if I try to view the file
    properties Nautilus window closes and the desktop is refreshed.

  2. occasionally when Nautilus windows is opened in background or
    minimized, especially if not used for a while ', the window becomes
    white and does not show the contents, so I have to force closure and
    open it again.

  • Gnome (or compiz?) –
    I have often noticed that the windows are not updated properly. Some
    examples are:

  • Cairo-dock configuration (mod. advanced): often when I click a tab
    on the left to view relative options the window does not update but
    continues showing options of previous tab until I click on the tab again
    or do scrolling of the page.

  • Firefox: same issue, sometimes, clicking a link on the page, the
    page is loaded correctly, but new contents are not displayed until I
    click on the page or make a scrolling of the page;

  • Amarok (or Qt applications): scrolling menus or combobox, some items
    remain highlighted until I select them again;

Someone else is experiencing similar issues? Any suggestion?

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Well, i’m suffering from the very same “refresh” problem. Also, compiz
shuts down for no aparent reason after the box has been running for a
while.

The screen is, apparently, not refreshed correctly, and when changing
windows some elements don’t get draw (this happens very often).

One regularity is the compiz chrashes and closes every time I start
Google Earth. So, I think something with the nVidia driver could be
bad.

I tried with nVidia driver 177.XX (don’t remember the exact version)
and I had to reinstall, because I manage to completely crap gdm (don’t
ask how, I just did it). With this version of the driver, anything 3D
compiz related could freeze the box completely, making necessary a
shutdown (no virtual consoles -Alt+Fx- where available, only the mouse
colud move).

Now I’m working with version 180.22, and seems a bit more stable (it
takes more time to compiz to crash on it’s own) but the Google Earth
problem and the windows refresh problem are still well and alive. I
didn’t tried much to hang the box with Alt+Tab, as I did with the old
driver and installation, but probably it still works.

Also, i noticed that the configuration of the corners of the screen, at
the desktop effects dialog don’t last a restart, ie. it works until I
restart, after that, the configuration is still there, but nothing
happens when moving the mouse to the borders.

The problem is an annoying because you can’t use any program that uses
composite to work well, as Cairo Dock (which I’m unable to compile, but
that’s another story).

For those of you who are wondering, the specs:
Acer Aspire 5520G-401G16
AMD Turion X2 TK-58 (1.9 Ghz.)
nForce 560 (or something similar, not completely sure).
2Gb. RAM DDR2-667
GeForce 8400M G (8 unified shaders).
openSUSE 11.1 (mostly in spanish ;-]).

Even if not a powerhouse, the video card is more than enough for
compiz, so there is clearly something wrong somewhere.

I’ll gladly provide any log, extra data, etc. as soon as possible. I’ll
try anything suggested, but taking in account that this box is for
production, I will try not to try “system killer” suggestions.

Thanks for your time and thanks for you comprehension (my English is
far from good, so far that it’s hardly English at all).

Anibal

ps: in case you are wondering, Google Earth can work with compiz
enabled without problem. Positive.

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A little update, installing the (latest?) version of Compiz, available
at the yast repository (really is the X11/XGL repository or something
like that) seem to have had some effect, and now everything is more
stable. I cannot get rid of the screen corruption, but at least now
compiz don’t go crashing around just because.

The software is:
Nvidia proprietary driver 180.22
Compiz 0.7.8-20.1

If I can get rid of the screen corruption, everything will be working
as expected (at least ‘graphically’ speaking’).

Greets, Anibal

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Hi
Have you added these options into your xorg.conf file in the section
called “Screen” (just after the color depth);


Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option         "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

Also when running video playback use x11 rather than xv.

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Thanks for your answer. I’ve all these options but under the section
‘Device’ not under the Screen section, Would it make any difference?

I will try, and tell you the output.

It’s worth noting (considering the post title) that I don’t
experiencing Nautilus crashes, only screen corruption.

Nothing new to report, except that the update to compiz 0.7.8-23.1 had
no effect on the problem.

Greetings, Anibal

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Well, just tried and I still get screen corruption.

Could the clue be in the portion of shared memory the video chip uses?

It’s an nVidia 8400M G, 128MB for itself, but up to 512MB through
sharing system memory.

Greetings, Anibal

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Well, time paid. Compiz 0.7.8-30.1 plus enabling Indirect Rendering and
Loose Binding through Compiz-Icon seems to have done the trick.

I didn’t restarted the box after the changes, but I’m confident this
will work. Well, confident it’s not the word, I’ve hope :\

Anyway, I’ll update if something new happen.

Greets, Anibal

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Lets call this a draw.
In fact, restarting had the effect to mess everything again, so now the
screen corruption is back, BUT (there’s always a but nowadays) if I
disable the Loose Binding option (in Compiz-Icon) and re-enable it again
the corruption is gone and I’m a happy user.

Something is starting to work as expected. I don’t know still what
causes the corruption in what seems to be the video memory buffer or
something like that (provided that something like that actually exists),
but at least I know how to get rid of it. Good enough while a magical
solution arrives.

If somebody have anything to test, provided it will not break the box,
I’ll try to try it.

Greets, Anibal

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Well, I’ve just found that disabling and re-enabling ‘Indirect
Rendering’ with Fusion-Icon also has the effect of stop screen
corruption. For some reason, any one of the two compiz options must be
disabled-enabled in order to get everything to work as expected.

Any clue is very welcome.

Greets, Anibal

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I have the same exact issue, with a latitude d630 with an nvidia card
(Quadro 135). I’ve tried downgrade the nvidia drivers but the 180
version is the only one that have support for my video card, the problem
is really annoying, I’ll try enable and disable ‘Indirect Rendering’ per
session.

Any help is appreciated.

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Hi
I’m using compiz from the X11:XGL repository, works fine without
selecting either of those options. Window decorator is set to auto.

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Just to update that Compiz 0.7.8-31.1 didn’t changed anything.
I’m confident it’s a simple problem, but really I don’t have a clue
about it’s origin and solution.

Greets,
Anibal

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I have the very same problem.looking forward to a good solution.
NVidia GeForce 8400M GS

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