Skip Compiz Checks in Lucid Lynx

[goober99]

Just upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04. When I tried to enable desktop effects from the Appearance Preferences, got "Desktop effects cannot be enabled."

No problem. Same thing happened on 9.10. I just ran the compiz-check script and told it to skip blacklist checks. Then everything worked fine.

I did the same thing on my freshly installed 10.04. Then tried enabling desktop effects. Still could not be enabled.

It seems the compiz-check script is unable to disable the blacklist checks in 10.04, because I typed "compiz" into a terminal and got this:

Blacklisted PCI ID 8086:2562 detected

Before you say, maybe Compiz just doesn't work with your video card: I installed fusion-icon, selected Compiz as my Window Manager, and Compiz started up fine. I just don't want the extra step of selecting Compiz from fusion-icon every time I reboot. I want Compiz to be enabled automatically when I boot up.

Does anyone know how to skip the blacklist checks in 10.04?

[jimbudler]

I had the same problem including being able to start it from fuzion-icon, and with some troubleshooting found:

/etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager contained:

COMPIZ_NAME="compiz.real"
which no longer existed. I changed to:

COMPIZ_NAME="compiz"

compiz started up automatically on my next login.

[Don1500]

Since we're talking about 10.04 and Compiz...

Has some of Compiz's functionality been removed? No deformed cube, no 3-d windows, No Flaming windows. Just wondering.

Opps, Never mind. Forgot to load the extras!

[goober99]

The file /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager does not exist on my computer. I created it with the contents

COMPIZ_NAME="compiz"
SKIP_CHECKS="yes"

and I can still only launch Compiz from fusion-icon.

[auh2o]

I had the same problem including being able to start it from fuzion-icon, and with some troubleshooting found:

/etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager contained:

COMPIZ_NAME="compiz.real"
which no longer existed. I changed to:

COMPIZ_NAME="compiz"

compiz started up automatically on my next login.

That didn't work for me, even though I have said file. How does the rest of yours look? Mine as follows (after applying your edit):

COMPIZ_BIN_PATH="/usr/bin/" 
PLUGIN_PATH="/usr/lib/compiz/" 
COMPIZ_NAME="compiz"

[konlungkao]

That didn't work for me too

[kage52124]

Same problem here, earlier edit from compiz.real to compiz didn't work, nor has SKIP CHECKS=yes.

This is strange because Compiz worked fine in 9.04 and 9.10. I don't understand why it would be blacklisted now...

[zpletan]

sudo apt-get install ghex
sudo ghex2 /usr/bin/compiz

Now search for the ASCII string "8086:2562" (minus quotes, of course), and change it slightly - I changed the 2 to a 3.

I have the same graphics card (8086:2562) built into... something I can't take out (don't quite remember what), but I also have a PCI NVIDIA card that I actually use, so the fact that the Intel card keeps me from using Compiz is quite annoying.

Now that I've fixed this and gotten a fatal error, I'm off to replace nouveau with NVIDIA (goodbye KMS ), and try again.

[zpletan]

I can now confirm that my solution works (for me). You may need to install some proprietary drivers if compiz won't work with your video card out-of-the-box.

Now I just have to decide how much I love my wobbly windows - nouveau made my system seem much snappier.

[goober99]

Me too, zpletan. I'm actually using a NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS video card, which Compiz works find with, but Ubuntu still sees the integrated Intel video card I can't remove even though I don't use it.