Bug 388511 - gnome-compiz-manager looking in wrong place for .so files on x86_64 systems
Summary: gnome-compiz-manager looking in wrong place for .so files on x86_64 systems
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-compiz-manager
Version: 11
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: John Mahowald
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 417381
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-17 16:42 UTC by Corey Welton
Modified: 2018-04-11 14:38 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-06-28 10:29:18 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Patch for the spec file. (1.63 KB, patch)
2008-06-11 08:44 UTC, Julio Merino
no flags Details | Diff
Patch to fix the lib subdir. (1.27 KB, patch)
2008-06-11 08:45 UTC, Julio Merino
no flags Details | Diff

Description Corey Welton 2007-11-17 16:42:33 UTC
Description of problem:
On x86_64 systems, gnome-compiz-manager is looking for the plugins in
"/usr/lib/compiz", not "/usr/lib64/compiz", where they actually reside.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-compiz-manager-0.10.4-2.fc8

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Run gnome-compiz-manager from terminal, noting the resulting output therein.
2.  Attempt to switch to GL Desktop
3.  View results.
  
Actual results:
No window decorations; lots of text resulting in terminal, akin to:

** (gnome-compiz-preferences:12673): WARNING **: plugin place isn't installed
-preferences:12673): WARNING **: plugin switcher isn't installed
[...list truncated...]
** (gnome-compiz-preferences:12673): WARNING **: plugin decoration isn't installed

As it stands, gnome-compiz-preferences is looking for /usr/lib/compiz/*.so --
which doesn't exist on an x86_64 system.  These files do exist in
/usr/lib64/compiz/.  Indeed, making appropriate symlinks(s) during debugging did
cause the error messages to go away (see below).

Expected results:
* gnome-compiz-manager looking in the right place for libs on x86_64 systems.

Additional info:

* Temporary (and only partial) work around is to create a symlink
/usr/lib/compiz -> /usr/lib64/compiz/

* Alternately, user could create the directory and run:
for i in `ls /usr/lib64/compiz/*`; do ln -s $i `basename $i`; done
-or-

Note that either of these allows the user to get partial use of selected desktop
effects, although it seems not all of them.

Comment 1 Corey Welton 2007-11-19 01:28:21 UTC
>Note that either of these allows the user to get partial use of selected desktop
>effects, although it seems not all of them.

This comment was mostly due to wobbly windows not working.  After actually
enabling it in the gnome-compiz-preferences UI -- in addition to the ccsm
options -- they work.



Comment 2 Julio Merino 2008-06-11 08:44:21 UTC
Created attachment 308903 [details]
Patch for the spec file.

This patch applies the lib-subdir.patch to gnome-compiz-manager.

Comment 3 Julio Merino 2008-06-11 08:45:09 UTC
Created attachment 308904 [details]
Patch to fix the lib subdir.

Patch for the source code to fix location to the lib subdir.

Comment 4 Julio Merino 2008-06-11 08:45:45 UTC
The two patches I have posted supposedly fix this issue.  I've also filled a bug
report against gnome-settings-manager with a patch for mainstream.  See
https://gna.org/bugs/?11815

Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2008-11-26 08:32:07 UTC
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Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2009-01-09 07:26:39 UTC
Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 7 Julio Merino 2009-01-09 08:59:41 UTC
This problem is still present in Fedora 10 x86_64.

Comment 8 Julio Merino 2009-03-13 07:47:11 UTC
Problem still present in Fedora 11 Alpha x86_64.

Comment 9 James Laska 2009-03-17 12:41:31 UTC
Reassigned to rawhide based on comment#8.  See patches posted in comment#2 and comment#3.

Comment 10 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 09:22:01 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 11 Matěj Cepl 2009-11-05 18:18:54 UTC
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command

yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing'

Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD .

Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you.

If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]

Comment 12 Julio Merino 2009-11-09 09:53:18 UTC
I can't find the subversion repository of gcm anymore to check if this has been really fixed or not upstream.  But: the changes to the Xorg system CAN'T have fixed this.

Comment 13 Bug Zapper 2010-04-27 11:49:35 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 11 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 11.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '11'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 11's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that 
we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 11 is end of life.  If you 
would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this 
bug to the applicable version.  If you are unable to change the version, 
please add a comment here and someone will do it for you.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events.  Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

The process we are following is described here: 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 14 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 10:29:18 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.


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