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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: compiz

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release:	9.10

$ apt-cache policy compiz
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16
  Candidate: 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu16 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Visual Effects should be enabled by default on supported hardware.

On the Asus Eee 901 which has the intel 945gse chipset, compiz is not
enabled by default and cannot be enabled by selecting an accelerated
option under the Visual Effects tab of the gnome-appearance-properties
app.  The output of the gnome-appearance-properties app when run from
the cli is below, I can manually enable compiz by running the command
compiz --replace, screenshots are included.

$ gnome-appearance-properties 
There is no available graphics driver for your system which supports the composite extension, or the current one already supports it.
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log 
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. 
Checking for non power of two support: present. 
Checking for Composite extension: present. 
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1024x600) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present. 
Checking for nVidia: not present. 
Checking for FBConfig: present. 
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x4403178 (milkman@le)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x2000024 (Save Scree)
Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.

$ compiz --replace
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log 
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. 
Checking for non power of two support: present. 
Checking for Composite extension: present. 
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1024x600) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present. 
Checking for nVidia: not present. 
Checking for FBConfig: present. 
Checking for Xgl: not present. 
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format

Let me know if there is any additional output I can provide, thank you!

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: gma950 i945 karmic xorg

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[karmic][GMA950]Visual Effects cannot be enabled but compiz --replace works
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419096
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