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restricted-manager package

"nvidia hardware not available" when enabling "Desktop Effects" - I'm using ATI

Bug #131141 reported by Alexander Jones
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
desktop-effects (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
restricted-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu tribe-5

Bug Description

Binary package hint: desktop-effects

When changing from "No effects" to either "Normal" or "Extra", I first get a small error dialogue popping up reading:

"nvidia hardware not available"

And then it works as expected, once you have dismissed the dialogue.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 8 19:33:07 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
Uname: Linux flash 2.6.22-9-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 3 00:50:37 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote :
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I can reproduce this too

Changed in desktop-effects:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Justin M. Wray (wray-justin)
Changed in desktop-effects:
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

desktop-effects is not used in gutsy

Changed in desktop-effects:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Confirmed, "restricted-manager --check-composite" opens the dialog

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Warbo (warbo) wrote :

Running Gutsy it happens with gnome-appearance-properties as well (I filed this duplicate: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/131637 and was directed here)

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Grzegorz Galezowski (spectral) wrote :

I have the same problem in Gutsy with Intel graphic card, identified by Ubuntu as Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics. Whenever I change desktop effects to normal or extra, the box appears. This happens also when executing command mentioned by Sebastien.

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Matt Philmon (mattisking) wrote :

I can also confirm on TWO machines, one an ATI 9200 and one an ATI X800 All In Wonder.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in restricted-manager:
assignee: nobody → pitti
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Christer Edwards (christer.edwards) wrote :

I am running gutsy with latest updates (Aug 13, 2007) and I get this same error.

I am running on a macbook, using an intel based video card.

Enabling or disabling Desktop Effects works properly, but the error appears on each launch of the application.
(System > Preferences > Desktop Effects)

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Fixed in bzr head.

Changed in restricted-manager:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

restricted-manager (0.28) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Change python-qt3 build dependency to python-qt-dev, now that the location
    of pyqtconfig has been fixed.
  * RestrictedManager/RestrictedManagerCommon.py: Revert "nvidia hardware not
    available" dialog box to a simple print. It is merely for debugging and
    not supposed to be displayed in the UI. (LP: #131141)
  * Make --check-composite work with legacy and new nvidia driver, too.
  * debian/control: Drop redundant and broken l-r-m dependencies to fix
    installability on powerpc.
  * RestrictedManager/core.py: Fix crash when a module description is not
    available. (LP: #131489)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:48:27 +0200

Changed in restricted-manager:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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