Bug 465734

Summary:	Exiting Skype crashes/disabled Desktop Effects
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.1	Reporter:	Kum Fei Poon <kfpoon>
Component:	Compiz	Assignee:	David Reveman <dreveman>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Olli Ries <ories>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	Chris, cyberorg
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	openSUSE 11.1
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Description Kum Fei Poon 2009-01-13 14:56:37 UTC

OpenSUSE 11.1 x86_64 on Lenovo T61.

Installed skype-2.0.0.72-suse.i586.rpm (using zypper in), several dependencies required (mainly QT-related).

On exiting Skype, the Desktop Effects will be disabled (the X window will flash a couple of times when it happens).

Tried re-installation of OpenSUSE 11.1 3 times with same result.

Comment 1 JP Rosevear 2009-01-26 20:23:06 UTC

Are you definitely using compiz? could compiz be crashing?  Do desktop effects start again when you login?

Comment 2 Kum Fei Poon 2009-01-27 01:57:33 UTC

Yes, I'm definitely using compiz: rotating cube etc all working even when skype is running. Only when I exit skpe does it happen. Checking the Desktop Effects post-skype exit shows it is disabled (unchecked).

Re-enabling the desktop effects, re-logging in or restarting the laptop enables Desktop Effects again.

PS: I've since moved back to OpenSUSE 11.0. Just too much hassle trying to get iFolder to work in 11.1

Comment 4 Kum Fei Poon 2009-03-25 09:15:25 UTC

Hi,

Finally got round to installing 11.1 again (same T61 machine), with all updates applied.

The issue is still there: quitting Skype will disable Desktop Effects.

In addition, I've found the same issue when quitting VLC (v0.9.8a-15.3  (x86_64) from the VideoLan repository). 

regards
kumfei :-)

Comment 5 Christopher Colotti 2009-03-27 02:52:37 UTC

I can also verify this is the same on my machine.  It also happens to be an IBM T61 with 11.1 and all updates.  Freshly installed this week with the latest version of SKYPE 2.0.  SO far it is the only application that unconfigures the Desktop Effects in GNOME.  I have exactly the same issue.

Comment 6 Jigish Gohil 2009-03-27 05:38:10 UTC

Please update packages from X11:Compiz repository and test again. Reopen the bug if bug still exist after update.

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1/

I am guessing the issue is related to bug #443819

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 443819 ***

Comment 7 Kum Fei Poon 2009-03-27 06:41:39 UTC

Hi,

The http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Compiz/openSUSE_11.1/ repository is included as one of the update repositories on my install of OpenSUSE 11.1. The issue still persists, with Skype as well as VLC.

Checking YaST shows no updates available from that particular repository

Installed from X11:Compiz:

compiz 0.7.8-41.1  (x86_64)
compiz-branding-openSUSE 0.7.8-41.1  (x86_64)
compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.7.8-30.14  (x86_64)
compiz-gnome 0.7.8-41.1  (x86_64)
compiz-manager 0.0.1_git080201-72.1  (noarch)
compizconfig-settings-manager 0.7.8-5.19  (x86_64)
libcompizconfig 0.7.8-10.4  (x86_64)
python-compizconfig 0.7.8-2.30  (x86_64)
simple-ccsm 0.7.8-47.20  (x86_64)

Comment 8 Jigish Gohil 2009-03-27 07:07:33 UTC

Something for David to investigate.