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Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by Utumno on Tue 12 Dec 2006 at 03:09
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Finally I decided to give the new eye candy a try. Turns out it is really easy, just follow http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz and after 5 minutes you can enjoy all the cool transparency stuff :) ( that is, it's 5 minutes if you already have a supported video card and Xorg 7.1 )
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#1
Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by ajt (204.193.xx.xx) on Tue 12 Dec 2006 at 11:46
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Cool! But is it worth it...?

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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam

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Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by Steve (80.68.xx.xx) on Tue 12 Dec 2006 at 11:51
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I wanted to find out .. but when I run "compwiz --replace" my window manager disappears and I have to restart X with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.

I guess a new window-manager should be spawned .. but that fails for no obvious reason.

I shall have to go without teh pretty!

Steve

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Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by aketus (210.80.xx.xx) on Fri 15 Dec 2006 at 01:12
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I had the same result as Steve..

I've got Compiz to work on other distros before.. mind you I didn't take a close look at the errors. Some sort of complaints about DRI modules etc, but I already had DRI commented out in the xorg.conf so I don't know what the problem is.

If I find a solution I'll let you know.

Even Ubuntu doesn't have compiz/xgl integrated properly yet - other distros like Mandriva/SLED have caught onto the craze and set up 'click of a button' xgl enabling.

I'd say it's all 'eye candy' but I've heard there are some hardware benefits from having your desktop drawn off-screen.. not sure about that though

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Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by yarikoptic (165.230.xx.xx) on Thu 21 Dec 2006 at 17:49
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Even Ubuntu doesn't have compiz/xgl integrated properly yet

Isn't that simply due to the fact that Debian doesn't have it "integrated properly" yet? :-) Just kidding...

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#3
Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by Anonymous (211.72.xx.xx) on Tue 12 Dec 2006 at 15:28
No, it's not worth it :) Probably soon I'll grow tired of it and I'll switch back to the 'normal' setup.

Moreover, I've just experienced an X-server freeze... I guess I'll give it another look when compiz-like features are integrated directly into Nautilus.

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#4
Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by Utumno (211.72.xx.xx) on Tue 12 Dec 2006 at 15:33
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That was me, of course.

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Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by aketus (210.80.xx.xx) on Mon 8 Jan 2007 at 01:51
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Hey, I got AIGLX going, but with Beryl instead of Compiz, which is a lot cleaner in my opinion.

Here is my Howto

http://aptgetanarchy.org/node/115

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Re: Compiz & AIGLX
Posted by Anonymous (59.92.xx.xx) on Sun 17 Dec 2006 at 00:31
I need to know whether it works under "Nvidia Geforce2 400Mx". pls Let me know.

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