Luca wrote:
> 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
>
By the way, I use NVIDIA GeForce FX5600 video card.
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