RE: [opensuse] No Desktop Effects After Update to Compiz 0.7.4 - Solved
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Kevan [mailto:ben.kevan@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:01 PM To: Adam Sailer Subject: Re: [opensuse] No Desktop Effects After Update to Compiz 0.7.4
Done - now I get a GDM screen that is entirely black, except for the text box. Username/Passwd does not show as I type them.
Once logged in, I can launch fusion-icon. It works, but AIGLX is a lot slower than XGL
Strange.. hummm try adding Section "ServerLayout" Option "AIGLX" "True" EndSection and: This into your device section of xorg.conf Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" How are you launching compiz? Try launching using: LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true compiz --replace --indirect-rendering --sm-disable ccp & Solved: 1) Reinstalled trusty old fglrx 8.40.4 after generating dist-specific pkg. Then I was getting: Compiz (core) - Fatal: No composite extension 2) Added to xorg.conf: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection (previously, didn't have to do this, as it was already there) Now I had compiz with no window borders and no cube 3) Launched fusion-icon from the terminal Now I was getting: compiz: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing 4) Created a script containing: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 fusion-icon 5) Added startup program in Control Center > Sessions to run above script Note: performance with all drivers newer than 8.40.4 has been absolutely terrible. I've tinkered with the newer versions and the ATI Repo versions -- at least on this machine, XGL on 8.40.4 spanks AIGLX. Thank you to everyone that has offered advice and help! Adam N�����r��y隊Z)z{.�ﮞ˛���m�)z{.��+�Z+i�b�*'jW(�f�vǦj)h���Ǿ��i����� ��
On Wednesday 09 April 2008 04:18:21 pm Adam Sailer wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Kevan [mailto:ben.kevan@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:01 PM To: Adam Sailer Subject: Re: [opensuse] No Desktop Effects After Update to Compiz 0.7.4
Done - now I get a GDM screen that is entirely black, except for the text box. Username/Passwd does not show as I type them.
Once logged in, I can launch fusion-icon. It works, but AIGLX is a lot slower than XGL
Strange.. hummm try adding
Section "ServerLayout" Option "AIGLX" "True" EndSection
and:
This into your device section of xorg.conf Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
How are you launching compiz? Try launching using:
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true compiz --replace --indirect-rendering --sm-disable ccp &
Solved:
1) Reinstalled trusty old fglrx 8.40.4 after generating dist-specific pkg.
Then I was getting: Compiz (core) - Fatal: No composite extension
2) Added to xorg.conf:
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
(previously, didn't have to do this, as it was already there)
Now I had compiz with no window borders and no cube
3) Launched fusion-icon from the terminal
Now I was getting: compiz: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
4) Created a script containing: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 fusion-icon
5) Added startup program in Control Center > Sessions to run above script
Note: performance with all drivers newer than 8.40.4 has been absolutely terrible. I've tinkered with the newer versions and the ATI Repo versions -- at least on this machine, XGL on 8.40.4 spanks AIGLX.
Thank you to everyone that has offered advice and help!
Adam
Sounds good.. Glad you got it all working.. Next time get an NVIDIA card haha :o) Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Adam Sailer wrote:
Solved:
1) Reinstalled trusty old fglrx 8.40.4 after generating dist-specific pkg.
Then I was getting: Compiz (core) - Fatal: No composite extension
2) Added to xorg.conf:
Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
(previously, didn't have to do this, as it was already there)
Now I had compiz with no window borders and no cube
3) Launched fusion-icon from the terminal
Now I was getting: compiz: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
4) Created a script containing: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 fusion-icon
5) Added startup program in Control Center > Sessions to run above script
Note: performance with all drivers newer than 8.40.4 has been absolutely terrible. I've tinkered with the newer versions and the ATI Repo versions -- at least on this machine, XGL on 8.40.4 spanks AIGLX.
Adam, The newer drivers are a lot _faster_ than the older drivers in my experience. If you would like to try the latest 8.47 driver, I have it built for 10.3 for i386 at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/hardware/computers/p35a/fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE... the 10.3 x68-64 package is available at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/hardware/computers/nirvana/fglrx64_7_1_0... see the sample xorg.conf at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/compiz/xorg.conf.compiz.20080221 If you are installing your own driver, you will need the kernel-source installed so the fglrx.ko kernel module can be built. Also, remember to uninstall the old fglrx packages (from runlevel 3 as root) before installing the new fglrx package with: # rpm -e ($rpm -qa | grep fglrx) && rpm -Uvh fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE103-8.471-1.i386.rpm (the post-install script for the rpm builds the kernel module against the kernel source) Then, # modprobe fglrx && depmod -A reboot and you are done For a longer version of the howto, see: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/howto/ati_quick-reference The 8.47 driver contains a number of fixes that improve scrolling, etc. and the latest updates to compiz 7.4 are impressive as well. Make sure you have the X11 repository added to your Yast/zypper repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3/ The just update->all packages->update if a newer version is available and it will pull in the new compiz packages. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Adam, The newer drivers are a lot _faster_ than the older drivers in my experience. If you would like to try the latest 8.47 driver, I have it built for 10.3 for i386 at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/hardware/computers/p35a/fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE... 03-8.471-1.i386.rpm the 10.3 x68-64 package is available at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/hardware/computers/nirvana/fglrx64_7_1_0... SUSE103-8.471-1.x86_64.rpm see the sample xorg.conf at: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/compiz/xorg.conf.compiz.20080221 If you are installing your own driver, you will need the kernel-source installed so the fglrx.ko kernel module can be built. Also, remember to uninstall the old fglrx packages (from runlevel 3 as root) before installing the new fglrx package with: # rpm -e ($rpm -qa | grep fglrx) && rpm -Uvh fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE103-8.471-1.i386.rpm (the post-install script for the rpm builds the kernel module against the kernel source) Then, # modprobe fglrx && depmod -A reboot and you are done For a longer version of the howto, see: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/howto/ati_quick-reference The 8.47 driver contains a number of fixes that improve scrolling, etc. and the latest updates to compiz 7.4 are impressive as well. Make sure you have the X11 repository added to your Yast/zypper repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3/ The just update->all packages->update if a newer version is available and it will pull in the new compiz packages. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com Thanks for the advice =)
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