Alberto Hernando wrote: > Hi. > > Now that everybody is talking about XGL, I was thinking that it need compiz, > which only works with gnome... or not? I'm a kde user, and I don't plan to > build gnome only to try this. And what's more, I wouldn't use gnome, so I > just wouldn't use XGL. But I've read other things that made me think that > it's possible to use kde with XGL. For example, Mandriva has just released > his new distro with XGL, and AFAIK they ship kde as default desktop. So... > has anybody tried this? Anybody using nvidia?? At least qt4+kde4 will mean an > improvement, but I live the today. > > Thanks > > Alberto > I use Xgl with my LFS empowered pc, had no real problems compiling it except I use the latest beta NVIDIA drivers for some extensions needed, however compiz works even under kde but it is not recomended. A good starting point for Xgl is http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fXgl and by the way, if I remember right there's a link in freedesktop page, http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl. You cannot start compiz from Xorg or XFree86 because it lacks the absence of composite extension (enabling it in xorg.conf or XFree86-4 is not recomended), but under Xgl works very well. Before trying Xgl take a look to the supported video cards from http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl#Hardware_Advisory, and http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Video_Card_Support_Under_XGL. If you're using NVIDIA, NVIDIA with Xgl disables by default some extensions so you have to add to the device section of X configuration file Option"AllowGLXWithComposite" "true". Be warned that starting compiz with Kdm could lock your system, as it happened to me the first time.
If interested I build even XCB/XCL, found on http://xcb.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Bye, Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
