[ session_init FATAL ERROR ] Another composite manager is already running (Ubuntu 20.04)

[rabb1tl0ka]

Platform

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS x86_64 Host: 20UN002GPG ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1 Kernel: 5.15.0-92-generic Uptime: 6 mins Packages: 2909 (dpkg), 1 (brew), 11 (flatpak), 39 (snap) Shell: bash 5.0.17 Resolution: 2160x1350, 2560x1440 DE: GNOME WM: Mutter WM Theme: Adwaita Theme: Orchis-Purple [GTK2/3] Icons: Yaru [GTK2/3] Terminal: gnome-terminal CPU: 11th Gen Intel i5-1130G7 (8) @ 4.000GHz GPU: Intel Device 9a40 Memory: 6947MiB / 15709MiB

GPU, drivers, and screen setup

Environment

picom version

picom --version vgit-a39cd

Diagnostics

**Version:** vgit-a39cd ### Extensions: * Shape: Yes * RandR: Yes * Present: Present ### Misc: * Use Overlay: No (Another compositor is already running) * Config file used: /home/w1ldrabb1t/.config/picom/picom.conf ### Drivers (inaccurate): modesetting ### Backend: glx * Driver vendors: * GLX: Mesa Project and SGI * GL: Intel * GL renderer: Mesa Intel(R) Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) * Accelerated: 1 ### Backend: egl * Driver vendors: * EGL: Mesa Project * EGL driver: iris * GL: Intel * GL renderer: Mesa Intel(R) Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)

Configuration:

Configuration file

I'm using the sample config with the only difference being: ``` backend = "glx" ```

Steps of reproduction

1. simply exec "picom -b" on the Ubuntu terminal

Expected behavior

Just work? :)

Current Behavior

[ 08/02/2024 23:04:32.355 session_init FATAL ERROR ] Another composite manager is already running

Stack trace

No stack trace.

[rabb1tl0ka]

Forgo to mention that I tried to check what is the composer currently running but I got no results.

~$ pgrep -l compositor
~$ pgrep -l compos

[yshui]

Mutter is the compositor