3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

[tinker88]

Open a Konsole window and enter

glxgears

What do you see?

im also having the issue of getting the 3d cube in kubuntu and so i typed glxgears in a konsole window and got the following:

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

no what do i do in order to get the cube?

thanks for the help
tinker

[muzicman0]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

what kind of video card do you have?

[tinker88]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

i have a dell xps m1530 computer ...my graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

[muzicman0]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

do you have the proprietary nvidia driver installed (does not install by default)?

mm0

P.S. If you are not sure, open the konsole, and enter:

sudo nvidia-settings

and if an nvidia window comes up, you are good, if not, you need to install the driver...post back if you need help with that, or just do a quick search on the forum.

[dibl]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

i typed glxgears in a konsole window and got the following:

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

Either you don't have the nVidia driver installed, or it does not have glx enabled. Either way -- you get no Compiz.

So, to install the nVidia driver, you follow carefully the process described here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...4892#msg164892

disregarding the change in version number to more recent versions. First time through it, you may find problems following the procedure -- just post back with where it failed and what the error said. In your case, when the installer asks if you want a new xorg.conf file created, your answer is "YES".

Good luck.

[tinker88]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

I do already have the nvidia drivers installed. as far as i have found in the other research i have been doing i need to upgrade to kde4 in order to get the compiz like effects.

in order to upgrade i went into kmenu>system>softwaresources>third-party software and added 'deb http://ppa.lauchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main

after that i went into Konsole and entered 'sudo apt-get update && sudo install kubuntu-kde4-desktop

that ran through fine and after it was done i rebooted the computer and the login screen had changed but nothing else did and as far as i can find on the comp i still just have kde 3.5.10

so can someone please help me upgrade to kde4

thanks

[tinker88]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

now i managed to get to kde4 (i forgot to change the session type when logging in before) and everything looks great now i just need to know how to enable the 3d cube....also i no longer have sound

i would appreciate any help i could get

thanks,
tinker

[Snowhog]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

Look at K Menu > System Settings > Desktop > Desktop Effects > All Effects
Scroll down to Window Management and check Desktop Cube

The activation shortcut is Ctrl+F11

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

under window management the only options to check are box switch, cover switch, desktop grid, and flip switch.

right now box switch and desktop grid are checked. there is no desktop cube option.

so now what do i do?

thanks,
tinker

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

Does running glxgears in a Konsole window product a graphic now? Does Alt-F2 "nvidia-settings" bring up the Nvidia utility?

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

when i put glxgears in konsole i still get:

tinker@tinker-laptop:~$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
tinker@tinker-laptop:~$

and when i put in "nvidia-settings", it does open nvidia x server settings however an error msg pops up stating:

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

so??

thanks for the help

tinker

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

Ctrl-Alt-F1 to the command line.

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

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

If there are errors reported at this point, go back and follow the guidance to install the Nvidia driver.

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

log in and see how it looks. glxgears has to run, and Alt-F2 has to bring up a working Nvidia utility, before there's any hope for desktop effects.

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

when i entered

 sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

my screen went black with a white flashing line
so i turned my comp off and then back on and everything loaded up fine
i then entered

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

and

 sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

and here is everything in the terminall after that:

tinker@tinker-laptop:~$ sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite
[sudo] password for tinker:

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout; using the first mouse device.


WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout; using the first keyboard device.

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" added to Screen "Default Screen".
Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

tinker@tinker-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
Not starting K Display Manager (kdm); it is not the default display manager.
tinker@tinker-laptop:~$

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

my screen went black with a white flashing line

In the first step, when you pressed Ctrl and Alt and held them down, and then pressed F1, what happened?

Also, I need to see what model of Nvidia card you have. Open a Konsole window, enter

lspci -v

and then copy and paste the stanza that begins like this:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller:

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

well i didnt hit ctrl+alt+F1 originially i just enter the codes in a terminal window but when i did do that this morning my screen went black and asked for my login like in terminal....bascially my whole screen was a terminal with no graphics

as far as the terminal after inputing 'lscpi -v'

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 022e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at ef00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f4000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

03:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 022e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at f1bff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

03:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 022e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
Memory at f1bff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

03:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 022e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at f1bff500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

03:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 022e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at f1bff600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

03:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture CardController (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
!!! Unknown header type 7f

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 022e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 218
Memory at f1ffc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at f1efc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>


does that help?

thanks for all the help
tinker