On Sat, 3 May 2008 14:50:47 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/5/2 Adam K Kirchhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The Xorg direct rendering infrastructure does not support direct > > rendering of redirected windows, which means you will get serious > > flickering and rendering issues with compiz and fglrx on AIGLX. The > > same is true for the open source intel and radeon drivers. This > > will be resolved in Xorg once DRI2 is stabilized and released, and > > then the various drivers will have to be updated. There is no > > timetable for this yet. This would explain the issues you have > > with Google Earth, though not necessarily with java (unless, of > > course, the java applet is using your systems opengl libraries). > > > > Adam > > > > I see, thank you. > > However, I noticed the same symptoms with XGL as well. Does XGL not > replace AIGLX? If not, what does? I've googled and read about XGL and > AIGLX in wikipedia, however, I still do not understand exactly what > does what. I should assume that getting Java (very important to me) > and Google Earth (just a toy) is possible, because I had them running > on Ubuntu 7.04 (with XGL). Compiz is also important to me, as I need > the accessibility features (zoom and negative in particular). Thanks. I would not say that AIGLX has replaced Xgl. Xgl has separate goals from AIGLX... It's just that Xgl is no longer maintained, from what I understand. Development has pretty much stopped on it. However, Xgl is still available with ubuntu 8.04. You could certainly try using Xgl again. Adam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ compiz mailing list compiz@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/compiz
