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["David C. Rankin J.D. P.E." <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CyberOrg wrote:
> On 10/23/07, David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # ll /usr/bin/X
> > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-10-22 18:56 /usr/bin/X -> /usr/bin/Xgl
> > >
> > > [root Rankin-P35a/home/david] # rpm -qa | grep fgl
> > > ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default-8.40.4_2.6.22.9_0.4-1
> > > x11-video-fglrxG01-8.40.4-1
> Ok this looks good
>
> > > Bad news,
> > >
> > >       following the advise to the tee, glx isn't even loaded, the driver is
> > > using Mesa? glxinfo:
> > >
> > >
> > > OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
> > > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
> > > OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)
> > > OpenGL extensions:
> This is strange here using Xgl it shows:
>
> OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
> OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
> OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.0.6747 (8.40.4)
>
> > > glxgears frame rate is 1/10 of what it was. fgl_glxgears will not even run:
>
> It doesn't even run here, bu Xgl and compiz works great.
>
>
> > > Any additional thoughts? I have the
> > > ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run, and I'll build the 8.40
> > > drivers from that and try again. The
> > > http://opensuse-community.org/ati-legacy.ymp was not the ticket on my
> > > Toshiba P35 laptop with the ATI 9700 card.
> There is no difference between .run and 1-click infact 1-click should be 
> better.
>
> Wait for 8.42 drivers which should be out in a few days, they seems to
> have a cure for all world's ill.
>
> Cheers
>
> -J

Good advise, and thanks for the reply. I'll wait. I setup my desktop box
with compiz and it has got to be the slickest desktop I have ever seen.

One more question. I have seen a "side-panel" for compiz similar to the
vista side panel, but I can't find it in the compiz manager. Do you know
what it is called and where I can find it?


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