update broke compiz

[jiml8]

The latest update seems to have broken compiz. It included a lot of mesa stuff, and I'm guessing that did it. I am now forced to use kwin, which is an environment that I truly hate. I have not rolled back yet because I have work to do, but kwin is getting in my face badly enough that I see a rollback coming very shortly.

When I try to start compiz from the command line, I don't see anything unusual:

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jiml@dadsbox:jiml> compiz ccp --replace
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ccp
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ccp
compizconfig - Error: error occurred during scandir: No such file or directory
compizconfig - Info: Backend     : ini
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile     : default
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgjpeg
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: imgjpeg
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: copytex
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: copytex
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: obs
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: obs
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: decor
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: decor
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: wobbly
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: wobbly
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: fadedesktop
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: fadedesktop
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgsvg
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: imgsvg
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: screenshot
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: screenshot
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: neg
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: neg
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: firepaint
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: firepaint
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: vpswitch
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: vpswitch
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: annotate
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: annotate
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: animation
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: animation
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: text
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: text
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: resizeinfo
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: resizeinfo
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: thumbnail
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: thumbnail
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: fade
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: fade
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: splash
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: splash
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: opacify
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: opacify
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: addhelper
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: addhelper
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: kdecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: kdecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: cube
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: cube
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: td
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: td
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: notification
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: notification
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: gears
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: gears
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: wizard
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: wizard
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: rotate
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: rotate
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: mag
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: mag
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: expo
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: expo
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: scaleaddon
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: scaleaddon
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ezoom
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ezoom
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: showmouse
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: showmouse
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: switcher
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: switcher
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ring
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ring
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: freewins
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: freewins
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: bench
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: bench


I also don't see anything in the logs that gives a clue. However, I wind up with a black screen and a mouse pointer. I think the keyboard is working, but since I cannot see what is happening I'm not sure. When I try to kill compiz from a console, I have to force it with the -9 option.

Any ideas?

[jiml8]

After a couple of days of struggling with kwin, I tried compiz again, and this time it worked. I infer the upgrade led to some minor issue in a configuration someplace, and in the normal course of events at some point that configuration got updated by something in the system - after which, compiz was again happy.

Along the way, I did find that the compositing backend had been changed by the update from OpenGL to Xrender. Changing it back made kwin work a lot better (though still not good enough) and at a later point compiz came back to life.

[doktor5000]

So this thread is basically [DONE] no?