[opensuse] Compiz or not
According to one of my books that's specific to SuSE 10.3, I've done all that's necessary to enable Xgl and Compiz, and the Gnome desktop effects module confirms that my graphics card is suitable, that 3-D is enabled. In KDE, I'm able to run the configuration tool, and it appears to be working. However, I can't get a Compiz session started. When I go to the appropriate place in personal settings to choose a session manager, only kwin appears, in a combo box that is grayed and disabled. Is there some extra step that's commonly overlooked, that makes Compiz show up in the session manager selections? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Jerry Houston pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
According to one of my books that's specific to SuSE 10.3, I've done all that's necessary to enable Xgl and Compiz, and the Gnome desktop effects module confirms that my graphics card is suitable, that 3-D is enabled.
In KDE, I'm able to run the configuration tool, and it appears to be working. However, I can't get a Compiz session started. When I go to the appropriate place in personal settings to choose a session manager, only kwin appears, in a combo box that is grayed and disabled.
Is there some extra step that's commonly overlooked, that makes Compiz show up in the session manager selections?
Can't say this is the right way but it works for me. Kmenu-->System-->More Programs-->Compiz Fusion Icon After the icon is in the system tray it just starts working. If I want to disable it I click on quit after a right click on the icon and log off and back on. Currently need to disable it if I want to use Google Earth in full screen mode. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 26 December 2007 20:50:25 Jerry Houston wrote:
According to one of my books that's specific to SuSE 10.3, I've done all that's necessary to enable Xgl and Compiz, and the Gnome desktop effects module confirms that my graphics card is suitable, that 3-D is enabled.
In KDE, I'm able to run the configuration tool, and it appears to be working. However, I can't get a Compiz session started. When I go to the appropriate place in personal settings to choose a session manager, only kwin appears, in a combo box that is grayed and disabled.
Is there some extra step that's commonly overlooked, that makes Compiz show up in the session manager selections?
It will show up in the dropdown box if a) compiz is installed b) GL is enabled c) GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is present c) is the tricky one. The nvidia driver supports it, and I'm told the ATI driver does too, but only if you have a very new card. Otherwise you'll have to run Xgl Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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