Bug 443271

Summary: Compiz won't start with Intel graphics
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Bojan Smojver <bojan>
Component: compizAssignee: Kristian Høgsberg <krh>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Bojan Smojver 2008-04-20 00:02:32 UTC 
Description of problem:
Compiz refuses to start with:

[fedora@localhost ~]$ compiz --replace
compiz (core) - Error: Could not acquire compositing manager selection on screen
0 display ":0.0"
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.7.2-3.fc9.i386

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Either attempt to enable desktop effects or start compiz from the command
line with compiz --replace.
  
Actual results:
Cannot attach itself to the display.

Expected results:
This works in F8.

Additional info:
I will attach lspci and X.org logs. The system is Dell Inspiron 6400 with
embedded Intel graphics. I have two such machines and they both cannot start compiz.
Comment 1 Bojan Smojver 2008-04-20 00:02:32 UTC 
Created attachment 303031 [details]
X.org log
Comment 2 Bojan Smojver 2008-04-20 00:03:51 UTC 
Created attachment 303032 [details]
lspci -nn
Comment 3 Bojan Smojver 2008-04-20 00:04:17 UTC 
Created attachment 303033 [details]
lspci -vv
Comment 4 Bojan Smojver 2008-04-20 00:04:32 UTC 
Created attachment 303034 [details]
dmesg
Comment 5 Bojan Smojver 2008-04-20 00:05:02 UTC 
Full hardware config here: http://www.rexursive.com/articles/linuxondell6400.html
Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 09:45:26 UTC 
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA.
More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Comment 7 Bojan Smojver 2008-05-14 21:44:11 UTC 
Indeed, this is still a problem in Fedora 9 release.
Comment 8 Bojan Smojver 2008-05-16 05:06:43 UTC 
Strangely enough, on my other Dell Inspiron 6400, with Intel graphics but 1280 x
800 screen size, compiz runs just fine. Go figure...
Comment 9 Bojan Smojver 2008-05-16 06:59:36 UTC 
Unfortunately, there is no resolution string of USERISANIDIOT, so I am closing
as NOTABUG :-( The solution is, of course:

gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false

(hence the the message "Could not acquire compositing manager selection")