From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S8YhY-0006Tl-4y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:04:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 414E2E0603 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:04:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F6EE0E4F for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:49:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggni4 with SMTP id i4so5081361ggn.40 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:49:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=SX6xAQp7EvLIcq24Toh235kT4DURTi4z7Snn6Eyf/mo=; b=LD9v/p07JlITyeumLHIbr4GRJxzNAR+mWiRhUAALFqOy67aY/9noKTQpQMchS70UkA Y97xYoIOMuKVCGsf9jUHu/97vQbcRnXXOpJr2laJGwCXVVm18+fdpC7eh7jsCkYyf+do tm12xxrnQSnL1kxjWawM8+tsUDeB1QKv2aGiW5a7LGTnLlTPrh3zG43Hd2ACEkpO9s7p VBTafB+ipNkJpe6onyvqPJM5sdt9+bdoyrap26OBBwUQiIYeyBpjTn1YRiXsya/sx4I/ W9jtpSklNRXAzRuXXukfvzFQjUqAvUaltLdk82tpdNxhODM/NxnOla+yX7jOHswyBbe0 DFQQ== Received: by 10.100.245.27 with SMTP id s27mr891108anh.62.1331902155697; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:49:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com (mail-vb0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j22sm6114964ann.0.2012.03.16.05.49.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:49:14 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Nilesh Govindarajan Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so165528vbb.40 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.152.205 with SMTP id h13mr231790vcw.12.1331902153401; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.230.8 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:49:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F630841.7010107@googlemail.com> References: <1331888043.24594.0@numa-i> <4F630841.7010107@googlemail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:19:13 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on compiz problems From: Nilesh Govindrajan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnWHlhpbx7UXhNtWlQfx7Ee1vL1dtAOCv9cvwDuNIgaGjACqWciWuH1pP4JqIs4QmMZ1hqV X-Archives-Salt: 7ec9fc52-7a9c-47e1-b616-c0f309b2d487 X-Archives-Hash: 2fd2458cd39ceed0fa2fa76793934495 On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi! > I am running a stable port of gentoo with gnome 2.31.1 and I want to run > compiz. > > How do I run compiz proparly?! I am pretty sure, that I do something > wrong. For any advise, I would thank you. > > > Tamer > > > > When I open gnome-terminal (shell) and run "compiz-manager" I get the > following output: > > > tamer@office ~ $ compiz-manager > Checking for Xgl: not present. > xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback > /var/log/Xorg.0.log > Detected PCI ID for VGA: 04:00.0 0300: 10de:1244 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 > [VGA controller]) > Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. > Checking for non power of two support: present. > Checking for Composite extension: present. > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied). > Comparing resolution (1920x1080) to maximum 3D texture size (16384): Passed. > Checking for nVidia: present. > Checking for FBConfig: NVIDIA: could not open the device file > /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied). > present. > Checking for Xgl: not present. > Starting emerald > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied). > > > I think you need to be present in the video group. Clearly the problem is because access is denied to your video card. Just ls -l /dev/nvidiactl (you should see group video there) and add yourself to the group. gpasswd -a video If the group is something else as the ls -l reveals, add yourself to that group (unless it's root or wheel). If the group is root or wheel, you need to modify udev/mdev rules which I'm not aware of much. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com