daniewicz Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I am running Mandriva 2008.1 with an older AGP 4X nvidia card and compiz 0.7.6. I frequently but not consistently see windows decoration problems like the one shown. The nvidia driver 169.12 is installed. Can anyone offer any suggestions to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonseth17 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I am running Mandriva 2008.1 with an older AGP 4X nvidia card and compiz 0.7.6. I frequently but not consistently see windows decoration problems like the one shown. The nvidia driver 169.12 is installed. Can anyone offer any suggestions to fix this? why don't you read this compiz wiki...there are some commands used when you want to change your decorator..hope this help ;) http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Plugins/Decoration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Well I am not trying to change the windows decorations, just fix them so that they reliably work. :D I have seen variations of this problem on 3 different computers running Mandriva 2008.1. The problem is most dramatic for the low end geforce4 AGP card I previously mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 The nvidia driver 169.12 is installed. I don't use compiz, but according to this 'very long' thread: nvnews.net this issue appeared as a regression with 169.07, and has been fixed as of 180.06 or reverting to 169.04. I've moved this from Software to Art and Design - that's where most of the compiz problems are located. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the link Greg. B) I am going to try the simpler Option "UseCompositeWrapper" "true" first and if that doesn't work look into updating the nvidia driver. Since my problem is a bit hit and miss, it will take a few days before I am convinced if a solution is working or not. I will report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Well I tried "UseCompositeWrapper" "true" but that did not help. Next I installed the latest nvidia driver. I have a GeForce FX 5200. Unfortunately, the newer 180.xx driver does not support the FX 5200, and thus I am stuck using the newest legacy driver 173.14.18. I installed this driver, but it did not resolve my problem. I guess no compiz for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 I looked for the 169.04 version as that was suggested as an option as well. All I see on the nvidia website is 169.07? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here's version 169.04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Thanks Greg (although I don't know how you found that!) I wan unable to install the 169.04 version. The nvidia installer said it could not find my kernel sources. The sources were found with no problem when I installed 173.14.18 :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) I use only the MCC. All are making a mistake. Do not perform system commands to the end. MCC is able to install any card (nvidia) if you execute the command. The install kernel-devel, tools, everything you need and charge you at the end of the NVIDIA driver. I use dkms nvidia driver. Good luck ....Lex Edited April 6, 2009 by Lexicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted April 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Another update. On my newer machine with Mandriva 2008.1, I installed the 180.44 driver without any problem. This newer machine has a GeForce 7300 GT video card. So we have the following: GeForce 7300 GT + 180.44 = OK GeForce FX 5200 + 180.44 = bad, card not supported GeForce FX 5200 + 173.14.18 = OK, but windows decoration problems persist GeForce FX 5200 + 169.04 = bad, kernel source cannot be found I realize this is getting a bit confusing since I an talking about two different machines, both with Mandriva 2008.1 :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 It is time to upgrade 2008.1 to 2009 ....Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux99 Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) post deleted Edited April 6, 2009 by tux99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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