[compiz] compiz 0.7 error "No GLXFBConfig for default depth" on nvidia + x86_64

[Colin Guthrie]

Can't believe I didn't notice this before, but this only seems to affect
x86_64 boxes.... Probably a key factor.

Do you think it's possible that this could be a bizarre compiler issue?
Or does this info turn on a lightbulb for anyone?

Col

mania103 is your

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Colin Guthrie wrote:
>> Frederik Himpe wrote:
>>> I am 100% sure it is caused by compiz update. I do a complete restart
>>> of my computer every day. Let's take a look at the transactions done
>>> around that time:
>> OK I'm convinced ;) Now just to work out why.....
> 
> Hi Compiz People :)
> 
> I've been trying to help Frederik and other nvidia users get to the
> bottom of this. It seems from various tests that this is indeed caused
> by compiz 0.7.0. Reverting to 0.6.2 and it works.
> 
> I created a debugging patch that allowed us to see where in the
> initialisation things bail out.
> 
> The debug patch is here: https://qa.mandriva.com/attachment.cgi?id=9040
> It basically just adds loads of info messages in.
> 
> The output on Frederik's setup is here:
> https://qa.mandriva.com/attachment.cgi?id=9044 (LZMA compressed log file)
> 
> According to maniac103 whom I spoke to on #compiz-fusion-dev it fails at
> "Continue point 7" which is mipmap
> 
> Feb 29 13:07:31 <maniac103>	@later tell coling The mipmapping seems to
> be the difference ... for your fellow, it fails at "Continue point 7"
> where it works here (in other words: when it fails at c7 for him, it
> passes here; where it fails at other places for him, it also fails here)
> Feb 29 13:08:02 <coling>	maniac103, Yo
> Feb 29 13:08:19 <maniac103>	coling: but onestone might be more clueful
> about this than me ;-)
> Feb 29 13:09:19 <coling>	maniac103, cool. I presume you don't know why
> it would fail? Other than slightly different h/w? THere was a new nv
> driver out a couple days ago too... Not sure if he's tested with that
> **** This has now been tried ****
> Feb 29 13:09:43 <maniac103>	coling: no, I'm no expert in GL and GLX :-(
> 
> 
> So is anyone able to shed more light on this confusing problem. I'm
> curious as to if this is a Mandriva only issue but our compiz is fairly
> unpatched (only really changing defaults and adding stuff from upstream
> git).
> 
> I've tried to compare screen.c from 0.6.2 version to the 0.7.0 version
> and that whole block seems not to have changed. So could there be
> something else that would effect this in anyway?
> 
> Cheers for any insights.
> 
> Col