So I could use Xgl, I upgraded my video card to the top of the line video AGP card from BFG Tech, the GeForce 7800GS with the nVideo chipset. The 7800GS PCI card is in the Suse compatible hardware database but the AGP version is not in the Suse database or the Xgl database. With the standard Suse drivers it runs well but without 3D and not as fast as it would normally do. You need to get the proprietary drivers from nVidia.com and install them. However, you should be aware that unless you play with your bios settings that the display may become unstable or not start up at all. I have a Biostar K8VGA-M motherboard with an AGP 3.0 video slot and an AMD64 3400 cpu. In the bios settings there are numerous options for the AGP slot. On my machine the only one that really matters is: AGP Output to DBI Enable or Disable This setting _must_ be disabled. All of the other settings for AGP aperture, Fast Write to Screen, Speed 8X or 4X, etc. do not affect whether the card will operate or not but will affect the speed of operation. Once the nVidia proprietary drivers are installed and you have run sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia in terminal mode. The card should run in 3D but if you turn on the 3D Desktop in the Desktop Settings portion of Control Center, you will only get partial performance in Xgl. You can move a window off screen but you cannot rotate the desktop with the cube function or have the wobbly windows. To get the full use of Xgl with this card you need to consult: Xgl on SUSE 10.1 for Gnome and KDE with NVidia Graphics Cards Novell Cool Solutions: Feature By Scott M. Morris http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17174.html If you follow the instructions exactly, you should be able to have full Xgl in Gnome or KDE. There are just a few small notes that I will add to Scott Morris' article. 1. To alter the session properties in Gnome, use the Sessions setting in Control Center rather than the gnome-settings-properties command in a terminal. 2. When you save the compiz.destop file to your /home/( user -- your user name) /.kde/Autostart folder, make sure that you save it with a text editor that does not add any character encoding. I suggest pico run from a terminal. I tried it the first time with Kword and even though I saved it as a text file, there was some ANSI encoding and it blew my KDE setup away by violating some security setting. 3. In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, add the line: Option "NvAGP" "1" either in the Device section of the Screen section. It tells the system to process AGP via the 7800GS card rather than the AGP slot. 4. To make sure that I had the latest Xgl software and settings, I picked up the most current compiz, xgl and xgl-hardware-list. See: http://software.opensuse.org/download/Compiz-Quinn/SUSE_Linux_10.1/ for comiz and xgl. You will need to get the latest xgl-hardware-list also. These files will change over time in terms of features and location. So if you have trouble finding the latest version just use the one that comes with Suse. Good luck wobbling and rotating away. Ralph Ellis -- ralphellis1@netscape.ca