compiz - Jan 2008 - openSuSE 10.3 compiz loads with white screen for 1 user

Listmates,

	I have an interesting problem with compiz on openSuSE 10.3. On a 4 user
system, compiz loads with a blank white desktop. The desktop begins to
load and you can see the desktop background, then it goes completely
blank white. The mouse cursor is visible, but nothing else. You can spin
the cube, no caps are present, but the mouse is non responsive otherwise
(no right-click response or context menus). The only way to end the
session is ctrl+alt+backspace.

	All other users desktops load fine. What possible setting could be
messed up? Googling suggests gnome-xgl-switch can be the problem, but I
have enabled and disabled it with no change in results. What should I
check next??

	Thanks for any help!


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David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
> 
> 	I have an interesting problem with compiz on openSuSE 10.3. On a 4 user
> system, compiz loads with a blank white desktop. The desktop begins to
> load and you can see the desktop background, then it goes completely
> blank white. The mouse cursor is visible, but nothing else. You can spin
> the cube, no caps are present, but the mouse is non responsive otherwise
> (no right-click response or context menus). The only way to end the
> session is ctrl+alt+backspace.
> 
> 	All other users desktops load fine. What possible setting could be
> messed up? Googling suggests gnome-xgl-switch can be the problem, but I
> have enabled and disabled it with no change in results. What should I
> check next??
Check that users ~/.compiz folder and see if there are any weirdness in
there (e.g. old manually complied plugins etc.).

Other thing to check also is your config system. What config backend are
you using? If ccsm then check the ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/ folder
and compare the setting of the borken user to that of the working ones.

Col

Sam Spilsbury wrote:
> On Jan 6, 2008 2:38 AM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty at
suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
>> Listmates,
>>
>>         I have an interesting problem with compiz on openSuSE 10.3. On
a 4 user
>> system, compiz loads with a blank white desktop. The desktop begins to
>> load and you can see the desktop background, then it goes completely
>> blank white. The mouse cursor is visible, but nothing else. You can
spin
>> the cube, no caps are present, but the mouse is non responsive
otherwise
>> (no right-click response or context menus). The only way to end the
>> session is ctrl+alt+backspace.
>>
>>         All other users desktops load fine. What possible setting could
be
>> messed up? Googling suggests gnome-xgl-switch can be the problem, but I
>> have enabled and disabled it with no change in results. What should I
>> check next??
>>
>>         Thanks for any help!
>>
> 
> Hey David,
> 
> What video hardware do you have? This is either an issue with dodgy
> drivers, or it is the fact that DRI won't let you have direct
> rendering on more than one X Server.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sam
> 
It is an older nVidia card that worked great with opensuse 10.3 before I
reinstalled it. Now compiz has taken on a life of its own. It was
working (except for the white cube) until the last opensuse update. Now
compiz won't work at all. Time for another:

rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep compiz) fusion-icon

and try again.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com