26 Jan
2019
26 Jan
'19
8:38 p.m.
Hello,
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an elderly PC (AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core
5200+), with onboard graphics.
At first sight, everything looks fine, until I try to log in . After
typing my password at the login screen, I get a flickering screen, with
an error message popping up every couple of seconds.
To be able to get the error, I had to take a picture of the screen with
my mobile. Basically, the error says:
" compiz crashed with SIGSEGV "
This behaviour is the same regardless if I boot the installed system or
if I use the "Try Ubuntu" without installing the system.
Potential solutions found by googling refer to problems with some Intel
graphics, so I guess they are not relevant. Or booting another kernel,
but there is none. Etc.
I have also tried the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which shows all the same
behaviour. (I thought 18.04 might have too high requirements to the
hardware, so I switched to an older version).
Does anybody have an idea how to get around this?
Regards,
JJ Mouris
27 Jan
27 Jan
1:47 a.m.
It seems that Compiz is not compatible with your graphics card or your
drivers. Compiz is a composite window manager responsible for the desktop
effects such as transparencies, etc.
In addition to using system resources, it has always been a pain and a
source of instability.
It should be disabled by default and only enabled in fully supported
configurations.
The first thing I do after installing a distribution that uses it is
disabling it.
If you are installing Ubuntu 18.04, I believe that the default desktop is
Gnome which does not heavily depend on Compiz, so I think you can disable
it from the command line or just remove it. See:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/182160/how-can-i-remove-compiz
My advice, in any case, is that with your hardware you should try something
lighter such as Xubuntu, Lubuntu or some derivative:
https://distrowatch.com/search-mobile.php?ostype=All&category=Desktop&a…
There is Mint Xfce, LXLE, Elementary OS, Linux Lite, Peppermint, etc. Even
if Linux Lite and Mint might also have Compiz activated by default.
Finally, Compiz May work with the latest proprietary drivers for your
graphics card, but, trust me, it isn't worth the pain.
Edelmiro Moman, PhD
South Ural State University - SUSU
Южно-Уральский государственный университет - ЮУрГУ
Phone: +7 902 614 73 77
E-mail: miromoman(a)gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edelmiro-moman-3a9979a/
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019, 01:39 Jean-Jacques MOURIS <mourisj(a)mouris-berns.lu
wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an elderly PC (AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core
5200+), with onboard graphics.
At first sight, everything looks fine, until I try to log in . After
typing my password at the login screen, I get a flickering screen, with
an error message popping up every couple of seconds.
To be able to get the error, I had to take a picture of the screen with
my mobile. Basically, the error says:
" compiz crashed with SIGSEGV "
This behaviour is the same regardless if I boot the installed system or
if I use the "Try Ubuntu" without installing the system.
Potential solutions found by googling refer to problems with some Intel
graphics, so I guess they are not relevant. Or booting another kernel,
but there is none. Etc.
I have also tried the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which shows all the same
behaviour. (I thought 18.04 might have too high requirements to the
hardware, so I switched to an older version).
Does anybody have an idea how to get around this?
Regards,
JJ Mouris
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