Compiz depends on DRI software. Unfortunately DRI doesn't support ATI chipsets yet, and it is not clear when this problem will be solved. If you want to help developing ATI drivers for DRI/DRI2, plesdr join to discuss at lists.auroraux.org.
Thanks fot your interst, Uros Nedic > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:47:12 -0400 > From: Naz.Bhanji at Sun.COM > To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Subject: [desktop-discuss] Compiz with ATI x300 > > Hello, > > Recently installed Opensolaris build 111b on an IBM T43 laptop. Everything > works well except trying to enable the Compiz visual effects. Every time > I try > to do that, I get the white screen and have to escape out to back to the > standard > "None" option. I did some searching on Google and saw many articles > regarding > ATI drivers and Compiz. Some of these go back to 2008. I'm not sure if > the the > 111b build has the correct ATI driver and Compiz version and whether I > have to > run Xorg -configure to get Compiz working. Any help or direction you could > provide to get this working (if it is even possible) would be greatly > appreciated? > > Thanks > > -- > Naz Bhanji > National Technical Support Specialist > Global Customer Services - Canada > 905-415-7806 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > NOTICE: This message including any attachments is confidential > information of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Disclosure, copying or > distribution is prohibited without permission of Sun. If you > are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender and > then delete this message. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/events.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20090713/ad93570e/attachment.html>
