Bug 922123 - compiz will not start with AMD Catalyst (fglrx) driver
Summary: compiz will not start with AMD Catalyst (fglrx) driver
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: compiz-manager
Version: 17
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Wolfgang Ulbrich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-03-15 14:20 UTC by Steve Barnsley
Modified: 2013-03-24 22:55 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-03-24 22:54:22 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Steve Barnsley 2013-03-15 14:20:10 UTC
Description of problem: 
compiz-manager reports no whitelisted driver and fails to start compiz when running with Catalyst driver


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
-0.6.0-16.fc17.noarch


How reproducible: 
Very


Steps to Reproduce:
1.enter compiz-manager &
2.receive error message.
3.
  
Actual results:
compiz does not start

Expected results:
compiz starts

Additional info:
change line 62 of /bin/compiz-manager
from
WHITELIST="nvidia intel ati radeon i810 nouveau"
to
WHITELIST="nvidia intel ati radeon i810 nouveau fglrx"

compiz-manager then works with Catalyst driver

Comment 1 Wolfgang Ulbrich 2013-03-15 19:43:37 UTC
Thanks for your hint, i'm nvidia user :)
I will update compiz-manager with your concerns.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-03-15 21:01:40 UTC
compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc18

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-03-15 21:05:38 UTC
compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc17

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-03-17 00:51:54 UTC
Package compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-3952/compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-03-24 22:54:23 UTC
compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-03-24 22:55:22 UTC
compiz-manager-0.6.0-17.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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