Public bug reported:
Last night I did an upgrade of various newly available packages, after
rebooting my machine today after logging in at the gdm screen compiz
only displayed a white screen and a cursor!
I couldn't do anything, hitting ctrl-alt-f1 and running "metacity
--replace" although that was likely due me not providing the display. I
asked grub to switch from the broken 2.6.24-17 kernel to the previous
2.6.24-16 kernel which allowed compiz to boot successfully. This is how
I then managed to turn it off in the appearances menu. (Note here that
upgrading xorg-driver should specifically disable compiz, with a
notification on reboot "would you like to re-enable").
The last upgrade before that was the 22 May afterwhich everything was fine.
Attached is my xorg.0.log after failing to boot.
I hadn't touched my xorg.conf so this shouldn't likely be the problem,
although if it's needed will post it later.
I regard the aspect of this bug of not switching off compiz after boot CRITICAL
as newbies in my position will be met with a useless machine.
The fact that compiz is now not working I regard as HIGH, as something which
was working is now broken.
I can't be sure but I also suspect this has brought suspend problems
with my ati card back.
Thank you
This is a complete list of what I installed from the synaptic history:
Commit Log for Sat May 31 09:00:03 2008
Upgraded the following packages:
apport (0.108.1) to 0.108.2
apport-gtk (0.108.1) to 0.108.2
cpp (4:4.2.3-1ubuntu3) to 4:4.2.3-1ubuntu5
evolution (2.22.1-0ubuntu3.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
evolution-common (2.22.1-0ubuntu3.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
evolution-data-server (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
evolution-data-server-common (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
evolution-plugins (2.22.1-0ubuntu3.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
f-spot (0.4.2-1ubuntu3) to 0.4.3.1-0ubuntu1
gcc (4:4.2.3-1ubuntu3) to 4:4.2.3-1ubuntu5
gdb (6.8-1ubuntu1) to 6.8-1ubuntu2
gdm (2.20.6-0ubuntu1) to 2.20.6-0ubuntu2
gij (4:4.2.3-1ubuntu3) to 4:4.2.3-1ubuntu5
gnome-about (1:2.22.1-0ubuntu6.2) to 1:2.22.2-0ubuntu1
gnome-desktop-data (1:2.22.1-0ubuntu6.2) to 1:2.22.2-0ubuntu1
gnome-keyring (2.22.1-1) to 2.22.1-1ubuntu1
libcamel1.2-11 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libebook1.2-9 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libecal1.2-7 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libedata-book1.2-2 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libedata-cal1.2-6 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libedataserver1.2-9 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libedataserverui1.2-8 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libegroupwise1.2-13 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libexchange-storage1.2-3 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libgcj-bc (4.2.3-1ubuntu3) to 4.2.3-1ubuntu5
libgcj-common (1:4.2.3-1ubuntu3) to 1:4.2.3-1ubuntu5
libgdata-google1.2-1 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libgdata1.2-1 (2.22.1-0ubuntu2.1) to 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu3
libgnome-desktop-2 (1:2.22.1-0ubuntu6.2) to 1:2.22.2-0ubuntu1
libgnome-keyring-dev (2.22.1-1) to 2.22.1-1ubuntu1
libgnome-keyring0 (2.22.1-1) to 2.22.1-1ubuntu1
libmysqlclient15off (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) to 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
libpam-gnome-keyring (2.22.1-1) to 2.22.1-1ubuntu1
linux-headers-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.17.19
linux-image-generic (2.6.24.16.18) to 2.6.24.17.19
linux-libc-dev (2.6.24-16.30) to 2.6.24-17.31
linux-restricted-modules-common (2.6.24.12-16.34) to 2.6.24.12-17.36
mysql-common (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) to 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
python-apport (0.108.1) to 0.108.2
python-problem-report (0.108.1) to 0.108.2
xorg-driver-fglrx (1:7.1.0-8-3+2.6.24.12-16.34) to 1:7.1.0-8-3+2.6.24.12-17.36
Installed the following packages:
linux-headers-2.6.24-17 (2.6.24-17.31)
linux-headers-2.6.24-17-generic (2.6.24-17.31)
linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic (2.6.24-17.31)
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic (2.6.24-17.25)
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Compiz not working and machine unusable after latest upgrade
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