Compiz not working Because Of /dev/nvidiactl
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Upgrading to Jaunty 9.04 from 8.10 have stopped Compiz from working.
After some research, I have realized that it does in fact, work however, but all I see if a black screen OR/AND my original wallpaper.
After more research, I have isolated the problem to /dev/nvidiactl. The very existance of that folder has stopped Compiz from rendering correctly.
Removing / denying permission to that folder indeed fixed my problems, despite some annoying messages about it being missing.
Actual workaround:
1. Start your session
2. Go to terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) and kill compiz.real via killall compiz.real -s KILL
3. go back to your session (ctrl+alt+F7)
4. remove /dev/nvidiactl (this will be regenerated next time you restart GDM)
5. start compiz