Bug 19317

Summary: Let drak3d not offer Compiz Fusion if the video driver can't support it (Was: black screen at login using compiz-fusion + Gallium-driver)
Product: Mageia Reporter: Hartmut Schulze <h.hartmut_schulze>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia tools maintainers <mageiatools>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Normal CC: mageiatools, marja11
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: drak3d CVE:
Status comment:

Description Hartmut Schulze 2016-09-09 08:02:00 CEST 
Description of problem:

its more a caveat than a bug

Cauldron (Mageia 6 updated to latest software)
Desktop:Gnome
Graphics: onboard (AMD-APU A8 6500T)

How reproducible: exactly


Steps to Reproduce:
1. open MCC, goto "Grafiksystem konfigurieren",
   "Konfigurieren der 3D Desktop Effekte" 
2. Choose "Compiz Fusion" and install.
3. Reboot. Now you are done, after login you only get a black screen
   with only the mouse-pointer visible in "Gnome".
   "Gnome2" shows desktop symbols, here you can open a terminal,
   enter "su" and then MCC. it starts, maybe you can revert 3D.
   "Wayland" works, but the MCC does not start.

Reason: the gallium-driver does not support 3D  .....
Samuel Verschelde 2016-09-09 12:30:47 CEST

CC: sysadmin-bugs => (none)
Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages
Summary: black screen at login using Gallium-driver => black screen at login using compiz-fusion + Gallium-driver

Comment 1 Samuel Verschelde 2016-09-09 12:32:40 CEST 
Maybe drak3d could detect that the driver doesn't support it before proposing to activate compiz fusion. Adding the Mageia tools maintainer group in CC for their opinion.

CC: (none) => mageiatools
Source RPM: (none) => drak3d

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2016-09-20 18:24:40 CEST 
(In reply to Samuel Verschelde from comment #1)
> Maybe drak3d could detect that the driver doesn't support it before
> proposing to activate compiz fusion. Adding the Mageia tools maintainer
> group in CC for their opinion.

Appealing idea, changing this into a request for such an enhancement.

In such cases, it would be nice to see a message that 3D is not supported.

CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools
Summary: black screen at login using compiz-fusion + Gallium-driver => Let drak3d not offer Compiz Fusion if the video driver can't support it (Was: black screen at login using compiz-fusion + Gallium-driver)
Severity: minor => enhancement