Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 17:32 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 11:21 -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
Roger Oberholtzer pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 10:59 -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
Roger Oberholtzer pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 10:12 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
So it is not possible to go from an unsupported ATI card during install to a supported NVIDIA card later? I can't help but think there is something obvious.
Yes it is possible, it is just a change in the driver and a small config change.
My expectation as well. And much of the card is working: It is using the nvidia 180.51 driver (which claims support for my card), XVideo works. glxinfo claims that the glx is from the nvidia driver/card (not Mesa), the nvidia kernel driver is loaded.
But no 3D stuff.
Did you use the NVidia config program?
nvidia-xconfig? Yes. I have a strong feeling that X is all set up correct. This is based on what it writes to the log, which I included in a previous post.
I am uncertain that I am using the 'best' repositories for Xgl/X11.
Not sure if this means anything, but ALT-SHIFT-F12 has a tiny effect. It seems to toggle making windows semi-transparent when selected/moved, and making the window borders a little fuzzy. But that is it. I cannot get any other effect. Perhaps the fact that I get these effects tells how much is really working?
I tried adding a new user and ran the compiz setup to see if the problem was user settings. It made no difference. I get the same behavior.
Still no joy...
I had sudden inexplicable windowing behaviors, although of a different type. Clearly way away from where I had been and thought I had still stored as boot default. Finally, borrowing(?!) a tip from another thread, and applying the tool here, I issued a: # zypper in compiz --force Then had to do a few tweaks (especially Emerald Window Manager), and I was back in business big time * . Much easier than trying to find out if it was a config issue or a corruption issue. Yes, indeed, the --force option of zypper can be a true friend in need... Dan GORY DETAILS of my Compiz setup/usage follow: => * "big time" ~= Gnome/Compiz and the aforementioned Emerald window decoration (really like the "rollup window" shade option, and bright buttons on the active window serve two functions in one look: who's active, and where do I control it?. Then set it up 2x4 viewports/desktops, whatever you want to call them, and have the mouse hit the top of the screen to display the entire array (updated in realtime and controllable in expanded mode). One such move and one more move and click, and I am on any desktop I want. I don't even think you could do something like this in OS/2, much less Windowz...makes multi-tasking at work a snap. (MacOS will do this running the same package, however.) If I were not already a committed (openSuSE) Linux desktop user, that alone would be enough of a "killer app" to make me want to jump on the bandwagon. And all of this tweaking is what I am talking about when I say I want to be able to customize my GUI(s), not have a particular visual paradigm imposed on me. (And I'm guessing they know who I think they are...) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org