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finotti
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Post subject: [solved] lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
 Posted: 15.06.2011, 21:00
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Dear all,
I recently "lost" my desktops effects with the nvidia driver
(installed according to the manual).
If I am not mistaken, it happened after I put the laptop in sleep mode.
When it woke up, the effects were gone. When I tried to enable them,
I got a message saying that some application had disabled the
effects. I tried enabling them, but nothing would change. So, I
rebooted the system. After that I get the message:
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Failed to activate desktop effects using the given configuration
options. Settings will be reverted to their previous values.
Check your X configuration. You may also consider changing advanced
options, especially changing the compositing type.
I've tried different kernels (which worked for sure before, including
towo's 2.6.39-0.towo.2-frickel-amd64), and even
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m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source
apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-glx
but nothing changes.
Here is the relevant info: Xorg.0.log is at
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/408436/. Also:
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root@t510[/home/finotti]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf
#
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device 0"
Driver "nvidia"
# Driver "nv"
Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
EndSection
# This is a trailing line, it is needed so that End Section is not the last line
And:
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root@t510[/home/finotti]# infobash -v3
Host/Kernel/OS "t510" running Linux 2.6.39-1.slh.5-aptosid-amd64 x86_64 [ sidux 2010-01 Ύπνος - kde-full - (201006131622) ]
CPU Info 4x Intel Core i5 M 520 @ 3072 KB cache flags( sse3 ht nx lm vmx ) clocked at [ 1199.000 MHz ]
Videocard nVidia GT218 [NVS 3100M] X.Org 1.10.2 [ 1366x768@50.0hz ]
Network cards Intel 82577LM Gigabit
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
Processes 165 | Uptime 5min | Memory 420.0/3828.7MB | HDD C300-CTFDDAC128M Size 128GB (68%used) | Client Shell | Infobash v3.36
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Luis |
Last edited by finotti on 05.07.2011, 13:57; edited 1 time in total
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Post subject: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 15.06.2011, 21:02
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finotti
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Post subject: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 15.06.2011, 21:20
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| Thanks, towo. I will keep the new versions as I don't care too much about the effects. (I will mark this solved when its fixed... If I remember...) |
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jacmoe
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Post subject: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 16.06.2011, 11:31
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Aw, damn.. Looks like I'm totally screwed.
Had I only seen this message earlier..
It's sort of hard to be a graphics programmer without graphics. 
What sort of work-around can I use?
Or am I better off just waiting it out?
Good luck, Andreas Beckmann |
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finotti
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Post subject: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 16.06.2011, 12:04
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According to the bug report, you can downgrade:
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On 2011-06-15 13:34, Sophoklis Goumas wrote:
> Following a recent dist-upgrade glx does not get utilised.
Please use Xorg and MESA from testing, not unstable for now. I'm working
on upgrading the diversions.
Andreas
I haven't tried though. (I think the manual describes how to downgrade a package.)
Perhaps this should be in the "Upgrade Warnings" section...
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jacmoe
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Post subject: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 16.06.2011, 13:53
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Ouch - sounds like a drastic thing to do.
I agree that this should have been in the 'upgrade warnings' section.
Would have been easier to spot. |
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merlyn
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Post subject: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 16.06.2011, 22:39
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I have also encountered this problem, recently.
After a search on the net came upon the following suggestion as a potential workaround. In this case potential meaning that it may or may not work.
The workaround was effective in my case.
In System Settings / Desktop Effects / Advanced
1. Set Compositing Type to XRender
2. 'Tick' the "Disable functionality checks" check box.
Then in System Settings / Desktop Effects / General
1. Click on "Resume Desktop Effects"
There are two possible outcomes.
1. It will not work. A system notification will be displayed stating such.
2. Desktop Effects will resume but not all effects will function. A system notification will appear listing the affected effects.
Cheers. |
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dibl
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Post subject: Re: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 17.06.2011, 00:48
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merlyn wrote:
There are two possible outcomes.
1. It will not work. A system notification will be displayed stating such.
Yep, that's the one that I got.
Code:
don@aptosidbox:~$ infobash -v3
Host/Kernel/OS "aptosidbox" running Linux 2.6.39-1.slh.8-aptosid-amd64 x86_64 [ aptosid 2010-03 Ἀπάτη - kde-lite - (201012262151) ]
CPU Info 8x Intel Core i7 950 @ 8192 KB cache flags( sse3 ht nx lm vmx ) clocked at [ 1600.000 MHz ]
Videocard nVidia GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] X.Org 1.10.2 [ 1920x1200@50.0hz ]
Network cards Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit
Processes 229 | Uptime 21:45 | Memory 1005.1/5978.8MB | HDD OCZ-REVODRIVE,OCZ-REVODRIVE,KINGSTON SS100S2,WDC WD1002FAEX-0,WDC WD1002FAEX-0 Size 2136GB (2%used) | Client Shell | Infobash v3.36
It's not a huge deal. I've still got my 4 desktops, which is important. I can wait for the rest of it. |
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browe
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 17.06.2011, 02:40
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I went to nvidia site and got current dl. All is good with 275.09.07.
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browe@siduxbox64a:~$ infobash -v3
Host/Kernel/OS "siduxbox64a" running Linux 2.6.39-1.slh.8-aptosid-amd64 x86_64 [ sidux 2009-03 Μώμος - kde-lite - (200911110039) ]
CPU Info 2x Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 6144 KB cache flags( sse3 ht nx lm vmx ) clocked at [ 2667.000 MHz ]
Videocard nVidia G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] X.Org 1.10.2 [ 1280x1024@50.0hz ]
Network cards Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit
Processes 116 | Uptime 24min | Memory 513.7/8007.5MB | HDD WDC WD10EADS-00L Size 1000GB (5%used) | GLX Renderer GeForce 8500 GT/PCI/SSE2 | GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 275.09.07 | Client Shell | Infobash v3.36
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: lost effects with nvidia proprietary driver
Posted: 17.06.2011, 05:53
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what is so hard or even drastic about downgrading to testing?
greetz
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dibl
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Posted: 17.06.2011, 11:49
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| With this also going on, I will wait a bit and see how the wind blows. |
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Posted: 17.06.2011, 13:26
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| In reply to devil, the reason I went to a direct nvidia dl was because I wasn't sure what would need to be rolled back. Perhaps just nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx needed to be installed from testing, but I was concerned that rolling back those two might also trigger problems with mesa, media players, xorg and all the xorg dependencies since there was a major upgrade in all those packages recently. I could be wrong in that assumption but I didn't have time to investigate and going directly to nvidia was a quick fix, and one I know how to uninstall once sid catches up with itself. BTW I did a quick search for an apt-get solution and didn't see one last night... and looking again today I don't see one posted yet. The best advice I have to give is wait till nvidia in sid is fixed... but if you did a d-u before the warnings and need glx then I offer a solution of going directly to nvidia. If someone has time to post a rollback to testing fix, that would be most helpful. |
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Posted: 05.07.2011, 10:06
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| I just did "apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx -t testing". Pulled in a few older packages, not much. Then I put libgl1-mesa-glx on hold. It also automatically holds libgl1-mesa-dri and xserver-xorg-core. Works. I just have a few "glitches" with the bouncing wait-cursor for KDE applications, it's black (the one for chromium is fine) and the cursor when I move files in dolphin (black symbol too). |
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Posted: 06.07.2011, 00:09
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