Re: Compiz fails after upgrading the Kernel

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I have not updated here on my desktop, but I have had graphics problems
here before on my ATI FireGL card. my solution was to get rid of (yum
erase) glx\*

Don't know if this works for you, but it could be worth a try.

Ranjan

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:46:06 -0500 fedora <fedora@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi listers
> 
> I upgraded myhost to the following version of fedora 13 this morning.
> 
> [myuser@myhost ~]$ uname -a
> Linux myhost.lan 2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 5 17:16:27 UTC 
> 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [myuser@myhost ~]$
> 
> After the upgrade  compiz failed to work in the upgraded system. When I 
> try to start compiz, it says:
> 
> [myuser@myhost ~]$ compiz --replace &
> [1] 3012
> [myuser@myhost ~]$ compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is 
> missing
> compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
> compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
> 
> [1]+  Exit 1                  compiz --replace
> [myuser@myhost ~]$
> 
> 
> I thought that it was a failure in a library or in the xorg-server 
> alltoghether and googled around with that in mind to find a solution. I, 
> however, didn't find anything which helped. I also did not find any 
> convincing error in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, except that according to 
> this log
> 
> 
> [    20.929] (WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled
> 
> When I did, however,
> [myuser@myhost ~]$ glxinfo |grep -i direct
> direct rendering: Yes
> [myuser@myhost ~]$
> 
> I then gave the old kernel (2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.x86_64) a try and - 
> unexpectedly - compiz workes fine with the new libraries when using the 
> old kernel.
> 
> This is how I start the two kernels:
> title upper Disk Fedora (2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64)
> 	root (hd0,0)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64 ro 
> root=UUID=afe5a1d5-a316-4cfb-90e0-d7e44b582037 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM 
> rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=sg 
> resume=UUID=767752a5-5c99-4076-82d0-8912ef12a0db
> 	initrd /initramfs-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.x86_64.img
> title upper disk Fedora (2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.x86_64)
> 	root (hd0,0)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.x86_64 ro 
> root=UUID=afe5a1d5-a316-4cfb-90e0-d7e44b582037 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM 
> rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=sg 
> resume=UUID=767752a5-5c99-4076-82d0-8912ef12a0db
> 	initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.x86_64.img
> 
> Note that I do not use the "nomodeset" flag.
> 
> The graphics driver is radeon:
> 
> [root@myhost ~]# lsmod |grep radeon
> radeon                711725  2
> ttm                    54819  1 radeon
> drm_kms_helper         24738  1 radeon
> drm                   176953  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
> i2c_algo_bit            5045  1 radeon
> i2c_core               25709  5 
> i2c_piix4,radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
> [root@myhost ~]#
> 
> [root@myhost ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier "Videocard0"
> 	Driver "radeon"
> 	Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
> 	Option "DRI" "1"
> EndSection
> Section "Extensions"
>      Option "Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
> [root@myhost ~]#
> 
> Has somebody had a similar problem? How did you solve the problem with 
> the new kernel?
> 
> suomi
> 
> 
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