[compiz] Compiz - Extreme difficulty with MSI nVidia 8600GT

[David C. Rankin]

Listmates,

	I have a fresh openSuSE 10.3 install with all updates installed, the 
video card is a MSI nVidia 8600GT (pci-e 16). After following the 
openSuSE nVidia install and the Compiz Fusion install (and after log 
outs and reboots) compiz refused to start. As shown on the openSuSE 
Compiz page he file .config/compiz/compiz-manager was created with:

COMPIZ_OPTIONS="--no-libgl-fallback --ignore-desktop-hints --replace"
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

	The following xorg.conf config commands specified on the suse nvidia 
page were executed as root:

nvidia-xconfig --composite
nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24

	glxgears frame rates dropped like a rock to 2100 FPS. (They were 10317 
FPS with the same box and openSuSE 10.0)

	Trying to start compiz with the following command line failed and gave 
these errors:

17:04 providence~> compiz --no-libgl-fallback --ignore-desktop-hints 
--replace ccp &
[1] 8625
17:05 providence~> A handler is already registered for the path starting 
with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"


compiz (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32

	A new xorg.conf was generated from runlevel three with sax2 -r -m 
0=nvidia. The new xorg was fast as a rocket ship, glxgears frame rates 
were back to 10317 FPS. The frame rate was great without composite 
enabled. (i.e. no:

Section "Extensions"
     Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

	Re-enabling composite caused the frame rates to drop back to 2100 FPS 
and still no compiz. Finally I pulled an old command line of:

compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints 
--indirect-rendering --no-libgl-fallback ccp &

	Compiz started! But why all the problems on a relatively new box with a 
new 8600GT? What can I do, or configure to help compiz start without 
having to manually enter the above command line?

	Also, in the konsole where I started compiz, errors to stdout started 
appearing:

A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = org path[1] = freedesktop) which 
isn't registered
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = org path[1] = freedesktop) which 
isn't registered
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = org path[1] = freedesktop) which 
isn't registered
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"

<snip>
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = org path[1] = freedesktop) which 
isn't registered
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = org path[1] = freedesktop) which 
isn't registered
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = org path[1] = freedesktop) which 
isn't registered
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
<snip>
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
compiz (core) - Error: no 'text' plugin with ABI version '20070902' loaded

compiz (shift) - Warn: No compatible text plugin loaded.
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"
A handler is already registered for the path starting with path[0] = "org"

	Hundreds of them! They stop every once and a while for 5-10 seconds and 
then give 20 more. What do they mean and what can I check or reconfigure 
to get rid of them? Compiz now works, but it was a process getting it going.

	Thanks for any help or insight into this problem you can give. Links 
are fine, I can read.


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