NVIDIA 169.04 Beta Linux Driver

[divan]

I usually start compiz by typing this into the console:

compiz --replace ccp &

It always fell back to Indirect Rendering but if I added --no-libgl-fallback it went away. Both ways worked perfectly and I didn't see any difference.

With the new driver it crashes/gives up with both. I even tried to enter it exactly like yours and it still doesn't work.

By the way, what does the export __GL_YIELD="NOTHING" do?

[dahveed3]

It's what these auto-loaders such as Fusion Icon and Compiz Manager do before running Compiz when they detect that an MVidia card is being used. So I just copied that when doing the starting of Compiz from a terminal myself. It also has appeared in Forum posts on the Compiz Fusion forum and in the Compiz Fusion wiki as a recommended way to start up Compiz Fusion with an NVidia card. Think I saw it at nvnews.net forum as well.

As to your situation, perhaps try uninstalling and reinstalling the NVidia driver:

On OpenSUSE:
su -
put the root password
init 3
login as root
nvidia-installer --uninstall
cd to your NVidia installer script
sh NVIDIAblahblah.run -q
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
save and exit sax2 after adjusting the monitor
nvidia-xconfig --composite
shutdown -a -r now
kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf
or
gnomesu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
change HWCursor from off to on
save, close, exit the editor
logout, ctrl-alt-backspace, login
kdesu or gnomesu nvidia-settings
save to configuration file
logout, ctrl-alt-backspace, login
Try to run Compiz Fusion

On Debian systems do the same except:
ctrl-alt-F1
login as root
/etc/init.d/kdm or gdm stop
The rest is the same except not needing to deal with the HWCursor blinky mouse cursor and having a drop-down link to click in KDM to restart the X server without needing to ctrl-alt-backspace, and instead of the sax2 stuff doing:

dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
(phigh makes it start with a clean auto-detection)
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
nvidia-xconfig --composite

If that doesn't work then try reinstalling and/or purging all the compiz stuff and installing it again.

That's what I would try. Other than that stuff I wouldn't know what to do and would post to the Compiz Fusion forum for help from all those developer and expert Compiz folks.