I started a Github project based on stevenrobertson's script. The most significant changes I added are compression, sqlite vacuuming, and printing a nice usage message. It's available here: http://github.com/nickaubert/QPFox/tree/master

My problem was solved by reading what kernelOfTruth's suggestion in this thread here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-766088-highlight-compiz+xgl.html

Emerald was running just fine but I couldn't see it because none of the compiz settings are on by default. This includes some pretty basic ...

I'm getting the same problem. Compiz used to work on my system fine. I had to rebuild the OS after the hard drive crashed. I'm getting the same thing now:

$ compiz-manager
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0422 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller ...

Here's my prompt string:
PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\[\033[01;31m\]\h[\w]:`if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then echo "( "; else echo ") "; fi`\[\033[00m\]'
If the previous command succeeds it shows me it's happy:
user@host[~]:) /bin/true
user@host[~]:)
If the previous command fails, it's sad
user@host[~]:) /bin ...

I haven't read the whole script, but, I don't see why you launch a new bash process to execute eg "${UNPACKCMD}"
To tell the truth, I'm not sure why either. If I try to execute it directly without wrapping bash around it, I get this error:
$ packfox.sh
lzop: cannot use both `-c' and `-p'
Usage ...

I rewrote stevenrobertson's script to include compression and some error checking. Compression isn't strictly necessary, but it's desirable for machines with SSD media such as netbooks.


#!/bin/bash ...

Be sure to check out the Gentoo wiki article here:
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Acer_Aspire_One_A110L

There are some good instructions for getting OpenGL working here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/gentoo-linux-help/137649-opengl-causes-x-crash-intel-grahics-device.html

I managed to get Compiz ...