On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 15:29 +0000, David wrote: > Now it is like you say. Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" > activated and compiz works. > > I do not know why the change. Maybe some important updates in sid > recently? (anyway, I just tried compiz *once* when it failed to > start). > > So, if this option is good for compiz and kwin, why is it not the > default?
Because it disables some acceleration paths, which is usually bad without a compositing manager. > -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer