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["Jason Bailey, Sun Advocate Webmaster" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Jason Bailey, Sun Advocate Webmaster wrote:
> > I'm trying to get desktop effects to work in KDE 4.1.3 (openSUSE 11.1
> > x86_64) and not having much luck. I'm curious if any of you have have
> > similar hardware and are having any luck.
> <snip>
> > Anyone willing to take a shot at this?
>
> Sure,
>
>       Make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf includes the following at the bottom
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Group        "video"
>         Mode         0660
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>         Option      "Composite" "true"
>         Option      "DAMAGE" "true"
> EndSection
>
>
> ** Also, be aware that ATI broke 3D in the 8-12 driver you installed, but
> unfortunately, that is all we have until the 9-1 driver is released. Also,
> performance of the 8-12 driver sucks compared to earlier versions. 8-9 is the
> last good performer, but that doesn't support 11.1 :-(

I already had the DRI, but not the extensions. I've added them to my
xorg.conf.

I suppose by 3D you mean hardware acceleration? That would explain why
opengl does not work.

This seems to happen every time I end up with an ATI video card. I know
people rant and rave about how terrible nVidia's Linux support is... and
I realize some of what they say is true. But in my experience, nvidia
cards just work better with Linux. Maybe I'm the odd man out on this
one, I don't know.

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