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**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 01:11 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

or, if I log out and have beryl not running, then open up konsole and try to start it again, I get an error message saying something like "could not load _____ this should not happen" and then I cant copy and/or past or type and the windows decorator vanishes

**dibl** · Aug 23, 2007, 04:24 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

I recall going through a similar situation when I had an Edgy installation. Beryl is more stable now than it was then, but it is still slightly flaky. I don't know what to recommend except maybe remove-purge it, remove-purge your video driver, and start over by installing your video driver, verifying that glx is good to go, and then install Beryl again. I know that's very clunky and sounds more like Win-World than Linux, but there's some interaction going and the 3D acceleration part of your driver isn't playing nice when controlled by Beryl. Sorry I can't offer something more elegant ... :P

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 04:39 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

oh pooh

lol. Didnt want to have to resort to such a thing after getting it all as I liked it, but if its guaranteed to work then I guess its worth it.

Guess theres no other way of troubleshooting I can do first then?

p.s. when you say purge, is that different to just removing and re-installing? (because I've done that via adept already)

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:17 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

after purging and then trying to start Beryl when I installed again, I get this:

Code:

jj@jj-desktop:~$ sux
Password:
root@jj-desktop:/home/jj# beryl
**************************************************************
* Beryl system compatiblity check              *
**************************************************************

Detected xserver                : NVIDIA

Checking Display :0 ...

Checking for XComposite extension        : passed (v0.3)
Checking for XDamage extension         : passed
Checking for RandR extension          : passed
Checking for XSync extension          : passed

Checking Screen 0 ...

Checking for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig         : passed
Checking for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap    : passed
Checking for non power of two texture support  : passed
Checking maximum texture size          : passed (8192x8192)

Relaunching beryl with __GL_YIELD="NOTHING"
**************************************************************
* Beryl system compatiblity check              *
**************************************************************

Detected xserver                : NVIDIA

Checking Display :0 ...

Checking for XComposite extension        : passed (v0.3)
Checking for XDamage extension         : passed
Checking for RandR extension          : passed
Checking for XSync extension          : passed

Checking Screen 0 ...

Checking for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig         : passed
Checking for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap    : passed
Checking for non power of two texture support  : passed
Checking maximum texture size          : passed (8192x8192)

Reloading options
beryl: dbus_bus_get error: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
beryl: Plugin 'dbus':initDisplay failed
beryl: Couldn't activate plugin 'dbus'
Couldn't initialise dbus. This should not happen!

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:21 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

After that I loaded Beryl via the manager and once again, back to the same issue

bugga

**dibl** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:23 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

You know I vaguely recall seeing that same "dbus" thing 6 or 8 months ago while wrestling Beryl into my Edgy system. Google that error message and I bet you'll find some things to try. I think you're getting close to a breakthrough!

EDIT: Here's a bold assertion of a solution, which I cannot verify (but you might): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=347888

EDIT #2: Says at bottom of this thread you need to set your color depth = 24 to fix it: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=264010

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:42 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

saw that second one, my default is already 24bit :\

btw, here is my xorg.conf file

I noticed a lot of removed metamodes which I think happened when I was playing about trying to get my tv to work. I've tried just deleting the lines, but that just nerfs it all up and I need to load the backup.

Code:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Wed Jun 13 16:54:50 PDT 2007

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Wed Jun 13 16:54:14 PDT 2007
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#  sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Default Layout"
  Screen   0 "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
  InputDevice  "Configured Mouse"
  InputDevice  "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
  InputDevice  "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
  InputDevice  "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

	# path to defoma fonts
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
  FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
  FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load      "i2c"
  Load      "bitmap"
  Load      "ddc"
  Load      "extmod"
  Load      "freetype"
  Load      "glx"
  Load      "int10"
  Load      "vbe"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option     "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "Generic Keyboard"
  Driver     "kbd"
  Option     "CoreKeyboard"
  Option     "XkbRules" "xorg"
  Option     "XkbModel" "pc105"
  Option     "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "Configured Mouse"
  Driver     "mouse"
  Option     "CorePointer"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option     "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
  Option     "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
  Option     "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "stylus"
  Driver     "wacom"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
  Option     "Type" "stylus"
  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "eraser"
  Driver     "wacom"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
  Option     "Type" "eraser"
  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier   "cursor"
  Driver     "wacom"
  Option     "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
  Option     "Type" "cursor"
  Option     "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
  HorizSync    32.5 - 80.0
  VertRefresh   60.0 - 75.0
  Option     "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor0"
  VendorName   "Unknown"
  ModelName   "NUL"
  HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
  VertRefresh   56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor1"
  VendorName   "Unknown"
  ModelName   "TV-0"
  HorizSync    0.0 - 0.0
  VertRefresh   0.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier   "nVidia Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS]"
  Driver     "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier   "Videocard0"
  Driver     "nvidia"
  VendorName   "NVIDIA Corporation"
  BoardName   "GeForce 8800 GTS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier   "Videocard1"
  Driver     "nvidia"
  VendorName   "NVIDIA Corporation"
  BoardName   "GeForce 8800 GTS"
  BusID     "PCI:5:0:0"
  Screen     1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier   "Default Screen"
  Device     "nVidia Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS]"
  Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
  DefaultDepth  24
  Option     "RenderAccel" "true"
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    1
    Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    4
    Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    8
    Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    15
    Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    16
    Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection   "Display"
    Depth    24
    Modes   "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024_75 +1280+0, CRT-1: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0, CRT-1: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +800+0, CRT-1: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +640+0, CRT-1: 640x480 +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024_75 +1280+0, CRT-1: 1280x1024_75 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +1024+0, CRT-1: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +800+0, CRT-1: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +640+0, CRT-1: 640x480 +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: 1280x1024_75 +0+0; CRT-1: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT-1: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-1: 640x480 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: NULL, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +1280+0, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: NULL"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024_75 +1280+0, CRT-1: 1280x1024 +0+0, TV: NULL; CRT-0: 1280x1024_75 +1280+0, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: NULL"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0, CRT-1: 1280x1024_75 +0+0; CRT-0: 1280x1024_75 +1280+0, CRT-1: 1280x1024 +0+0"
  Identifier   "Screen0"
  Device     "Videocard0"
  Monitor    "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth  24
  Option     "TwinView" "1"
  Option     "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0, CRT-1: 1280x1024_75 +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier   "Screen1"
  Device     "Videocard1"
  Monitor    "Monitor1"
  DefaultDepth  24
  Option     "TwinView" "0"
  Option     "metamodes" "TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
EndSection

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:46 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

tried the first solution also but didnt work

**dibl** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:50 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

I noticed that when I used the Nvidia utility to write my xorg.conf, it set up metamodes, and things have worked marvelously since then. So, you might want to experiment with re-instating the metamode that seems best for your system.

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 06:58 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

eep, and how do I re-instate them? :S this is where I start getting rly confused lol

**dibl** · Aug 23, 2007, 07:10 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

If you have an Nvidia driver installed, get into the Konsole and enter

Code:

sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite

That will overwrite xorg.conf and (hopefully) set up the correct metamodes for your card. Probably you should back up the xorg.conf file that you have now, in case things get worse, before doing this little bit of brain surgery ....

Then restart your xserver with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 07:24 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

did that, still no joy lol, guess its not the metamodes that are the prob then eh haha

this is a right brainsqueezer eh!

**dibl** · Aug 23, 2007, 07:30 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

Hmmmm -- it's not the clearest, to me, but here's something: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=2505

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 23, 2007, 07:35 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

unfortunately that solution does not work with beryl

/ust/portage and /var/tmp/portage do not exist

**Uber Nooblett** · Aug 26, 2007, 07:18 AM

Re: Emerald Borders Vanished etc...

still unsolved

Anyone else have any ideas?

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