Compiz Fusion [HOWTO]

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hpstg · Post by **hpstg** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:09 am

I get an error when I try to add xeffects with layman.

layman -a xeffects
* Running command "/usr/bin/svn co "svn://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/trunk/" "/usr/portage/local/layman/xeffects""...
svn: Unknown hostname 'svn.gentoo-xeffects.org'
* Failed to add overlay "xeffects".
* Error was: Adding the overlay failed!

Also, none of the xeffects sites (forum or wiki) appear to work.
Any ideas?

anz · Post by **anz** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:04 am

Dear hpstg,

same here - seems that the address svn://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/trunk/ (http://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/trunk) is not available?

a layman -L shows:

* xeffects [Subversion] (source: svn://svn.gentoo-xeffects....)
* xeffects-experimental [Subversion] (source: svn://svn.gentoo-xeffects....)

layman -a xeffects results in:

* Running command "/usr/bin/svn co "svn://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/trunk/" "/usr/portage/local/layman/xeffects""...
svn: Unknown hostname 'svn.gentoo-xeffects.org'
* Failed to add overlay "xeffects".
* Error was: Adding the overlay failed!

Here further informations about:
layman -a xeffects doesn't work / question about git: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-54 ... fects.html

hpstg · Post by **hpstg** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:20 am

Thank you for answering. Anyone knows what has happened? I just compiled a gnome-light, gcc 4.2 (hashstyles and all) amd64 system, and I'm dying to see it run compiz-fusion.

jonnevers · Post by **jonnevers** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:54 pm

hpstg wrote:Thank you for answering. Anyone knows what has happened? I just compiled a gnome-light, gcc 4.2 (hashstyles and all) amd64 system, and I'm dying to see it run compiz-fusion.

http://gentoo-xeffects.org/ dosen't seem to be resolving (DNS) right now... and

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user host ~ $ layman -s xeffects
* Running command "/usr/bin/svn update "/usr/portage/local/layman/xeffects""...
svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.gentoo-xeffects.org': Connection refused
* 
* Errors:
* ------
* 
* Failed to sync overlay "xeffects".
* Error was: Syncing overlay "xeffects" returned status 256!
*

something must be happening with the host.

blahbla · Post by **blahbla** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:19 pm

Hi, anybody experienced gnome / gtk apps menus getting a delay of 1.5 to 2 sec before showing?

This is happening on my computer with a dual screen config. The problem is only on the primary screen.
I've ruled out plugins causing this, tryed disabling them all.
Also played with gconf and the fade options there, but no effect.

I'm not using twinview but configured as two devices. Its a nvidia card.

DarkMind · Post by **DarkMind** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:24 pm

layman -a xeffects
* Overlay "xeffects" does not exist!

nesl247 · Post by **nesl247** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:32 pm

DarkMind wrote:layman -a xeffects
* Overlay "xeffects" does not exist!

Use layman -a -k xeffects (either -k or -K, not sure, don't use gentoo anymore)

theluckyone17 · Post by **theluckyone17** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:01 am

DarkMind wrote:layman -a xeffects
* Overlay "xeffects" does not exist!

Same problem here... not to make a "me too" post, but it might make you feel better

roderick · Post by **roderick** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:30 am

This is in the output from my layman:

* xeffects [Subversion] (source: svn://svn.gentoo-xeffects....)

Perhaps you should check your settings in layman.cfg. You need

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nocheck  : yes

Otherwise it won't work.

Havin_it · Post by **Havin_it** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:16 pm

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone cares to make a forecast on when we'll see compiz-fusion moving into portage. I see there are no requests yet on b.g.o and I imagine there must still be some work to do on stabilizing, esp. the ex-beryl plugins and I guess also cairo will need updating before anything else can go in. Is there an (even informal) roadmap towards this goal?

roderick · Post by **roderick** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:45 pm

Havin_it wrote:Hi all

Just wondering if anyone cares to make a forecast on when we'll see compiz-fusion moving into portage. I see there are no requests yet on b.g.o and I imagine there must still be some work to do on stabilizing, esp. the ex-beryl plugins and I guess also cairo will need updating before anything else can go in. Is there an (even informal) roadmap towards this goal?

They haven't released any source tarballs yet, so until they at least release a pre-release, it won't appear in portage. Even then, someone would have to submit all the ebuilds to buzilla and someone would have to step forward as a maintainer.

We are a while out yet I think

jonnevers · Post by **jonnevers** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:43 pm

http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=3154

compiz-fusion-0.5.2 was released today.

roderick · Post by **roderick** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:53 pm

Talk about timing...

It's a release candidate...

Looks like I have some fun work ahead.... I'll see about working on 0.5.2 ebuilds. No promises...

nesl247 · Post by **nesl247** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:29 pm

roderick, no need, jmbsvicetto did it last night when I told him about it.

roderick · Post by **roderick** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:21 pm

nesl247 wrote:roderick, no need, jmbsvicetto did it last night when I told him about it.

Awesome

I PM'd him also...

baeksu · Post by **baeksu** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:25 am

Has anyone had any problems with other apps and the 'xcb' use flag? As you know, it is now required for future compiz builds.

I rebuilt libX11, mesa, cairo and xorg-server after adding 'xcb' to my use flags. Unfortunately, it broke nabi, which is used for Korean text input. It also broke scim/skim, which use the same input methods as nabi.

Is there any easy way to modify the ebuilds to use snapshots from before xcb was included?

[edit:] Found a post on the xeffects forum with a patch to drop xcb from compiz.

frenkel · Post by **frenkel** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:52 am

I just saw compiz 0.5.2 appear in portage. Does this mean we will have compiz-fusion in the official tree in a short while?

jonnevers · Post by **jonnevers** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:58 pm

frenkel wrote:I just saw compiz 0.5.2 appear in portage. Does this mean we will have compiz-fusion in the official tree in a short while?

just compiz, not the rest of compiz-fusion though.

golding · Post by **golding** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:01 am

golding wrote:Oh well, that was a waste of time!

I carefully read ALL the instructions and fixes in this thread only to have it run like a lead balloon. Talk about slow, it used so much of the resources the machine (AMD-64 939, 2G RAM) almost stopped for any multitasking.

I have returned to Beryl or the time being, I'll check back in a couple months when Compiz-Fusion should be a little smoother and easier to install and get running.

If I keep putting my foot in my own mouth .....

Anyway, did what I should have done in the first place, completely wiped beryl, then reinstalled the system and world

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# emerge -C beryl beryl-core beryl-manager beryl-settings beryl-settings-bindings beryl-dbus beryl-plugins
# emerge --sync
# emerge -e system && emerge -e system && emerge -e world
# emerge revdep-rebuild

then reinstalled 'compiz-fusion' from 'xeffects'

All is well with the 'world' now.

Cadynum · Post by **Cadynum** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:50 am

I haven't read through the entire thread, but is it possible to install compiz-fusion 0.5.2 without gconf?
The gnome use-flag is unselected, but it still drags in gconf.

termite · Post by **termite** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:58 am

is it possible to install compiz-fusion 0.5.2 without gconf?

I saw something on the C-F forums about that. You can just comment out the gconf requirement in the ebuild then re-digest it. That's probably the easiest way atm until the ebuild is updated.

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:28 am

Has anybody recently been able to compile compiz-fusion okay from the xeffects overlay ?

Stormkings · Post by **Stormkings** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:38 am

uxbod wrote:Has anybody recently been able to compile compiz-fusion okay from the xeffects overlay ?

Well except x11-wm/compiz-9999 everything compiled fine. I used the version 0.5.2 instead.
But it isn't working here anyway with intel graphics X3100 (965GM).

luigi.malago · Post by **luigi.malago** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:58 am

hi, i get the following error compiling x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main-9999

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checking for COMPIZ... yes
checking for BCOP... configure: error: Package requirements (bcop >= 0.5.2) were not met:

Requested 'bcop >= 0.5.2' but version of bcop is 0.1.1

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BCOP_CFLAGS
and BCOP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.


!!! Please attach the following file when filing a report to bugs.gentoo.org:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main-9999/work/plugins-main/config.log

!!! ERROR: x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main-9999 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1632:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 983:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
  ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called src_compile
  compiz-fusion-plugins-main-9999.ebuild, line 48:   Called econf
  ebuild.sh, line 586:   Called die

!!! econf failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
!!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-plugins/compiz-fusion-plugins-main-9999/temp/build.log'.

!!! This ebuild is from an overlay: '/usr/local/layman/xeffects'

hope this helps

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tux luigi # bcop --version
compiz-bcop 0.6.99

pycior · Post by **pycior** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:38 am

just emerge compiz-bcop from xeffects first ;]

EDIT:
I didn't noticed the "bcop --version" line, have you kept the order from gentoo-wiki.com?

emerge -v1a compiz compiz-bcop emerald libcompizconfig compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz-fusion-plugins-gears compizconfig-backend-kconfig compizconfig-python emerald-themes ccsm compiz-fusion fusion-icon

source: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_compiz-fusion