On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 20:58 +0100, Alan Lord wrote: > Lupine wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Well, I've tried best I could, but I just can't seem to get Xgl working > > with my new BLFS-SVN machine. I'm tired of reading Ubuntu and Gentoo > > howtos, and was curios if there was any sort of documentation for us > > BLFSers? > <snip> > > Can someone please tell me if you've gotten this working with an NVIDIA > > card, and if so what exactly did you have to do??? > > > > Thanks so much, > > -Lup > > > > Hi, I just downloaded a live CD of XGL from http://kororaa.org and I > must say - to see your windows go *wobbly* is really something else... > > I was just about to ask if anyone had built it "LFS" styley yet - the > live CD works on my old Nvidia MX/400 card... > > Can't help you out but I wanted to express an interest in any outcome :-) > > Al
Oh, I'll make sure to keep everyone posted if I have success. I'll write up a HOWTO. It's so annoying because I feel I'm really close, just can't figure out this one little NVIDIA Driver vs libglx issue. :-/ For those that don't know, it's not only eye-candy Xgl gives. There is some great functionality to it as well. The "alt+tab" but still seeing "active" windows method. Meaning, videos still play as the alt+tab windows scroll past, and even thumbnails of the current Web page you are viewing. Also, the key-combo that can instantly sort all the programs on your desktop in a sort of fly-in / fly-out method. And the overall Cube effect for virtual desktops. Other distros are already enjoying these features, it's about time we BLFSers get them as well. Check out more here: http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/ I'll be working on this over the weekend, and would appreciate any and all help. I'll be on IRC as well, so feel free to drop me a PM. Thanks, -Lup -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
