compiz-fusion and ccp plugin [SOLVED]

albright · Last edited by albright on Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:14 am; edited 1 time in total

compiz-fusion works perfectly on my intel laptop, but
on my nvidia desktop not so much.

when I run fusion-icon I get an error that the ccp plugin
could not be loaded ... the same error occurs if I try to
start with "compiz --replace ccp ..."

I can start compiz with the gconf option, but I can't find in
gconf-editor where you set the dual monitor options (they
are in ccsm but that has no effect when you start with gconf
of course).

So, first, is there a multi-monitor setup area in gconf-editor and
second, any idea why the ccp plugin fails?

(this is the xeffects "stable" version of compiz-fusion BTW =
0.5.2)

Beryl still works for me however - is it possible that beryl is
somehow interfering with compiz-fusion? I am loathe to uninstall
beryl since it works well, but obviously want to eventually
switch to compiz-fusion
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sternklang · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:30 am Post subject:

Hi,

One thought is that ccsm depends on compizconfig-python. If you updated Python recently from 2.4 to 2.5, but did not run python-updater, this package would no longer work which would, in turn cause ccp/ccsm to fail. If you try running ccsm from a terminal, does it also fail to start, and what error do you get if it does?

albright · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:39 am Post subject:

I'm still using python 2.4.4-r4 (same on the intel
graphics notebook).

ccsm starts from a terminal just fine but by itself
does not try to load any plugins or start compiz

I should say this is amd64 machine with nvidia
graphics using twinview on two monitors (but,
beryl works fine and so does compiz started with
gconf).

I have no idea why the ccp plugin wont' work.
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albright · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:13 am Post subject:

my system is so screwed up; there was an old
compiz package (probably installed from source) which
was hijacking the system. After I erased the offending
directories and files, the proper compiz started and loaded
just fine ... sorry for this nonsense
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sternklang · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:19 am Post subject:

I'm running an amd64 system with nvidia graphics, but not twinview.

If you startup without fusion-icon and run this from a commandline: