Xgl in Dapper
[Posted February 22, 2006 by ris]
| From: |
| Matthew Garrett <mjg59-AT-srcf.ucam.org> |
| To: |
| ubuntu-devel-announce-AT-lists.ubuntu.com |
| Subject: |
| Xgl in Dapper |
| Date: |
| Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:43:01 +0000 |
Hi,
I've recently uploaded packages of Xgl and compiz to universe for
Dapper. These are highly experimental packages and are not recommended
for casual use. However, if you want to start developing for this new
technology, then do the following:
1) Make sure that you have the latest mesa, libglitz1 and libglitz-glx1
installed
2) After installing xserver-xgl, replace /etc/X11/X with a symlink to
/usr/bin/Xgl
3) Restart gdm
4) From a terminal, do compiz --replace gconf place move decoration resize minimize wobbly fade
cube rotate zoom
5) Run gnome-window-decorator
You'll want to add these to your session startup if you want it on every
login.
To get back to sanity:
1) Replace /etc/X11/X with a symlink to /usr/bin/Xorg
2) Restart gdm
As noted before, these are highly experimental packages. If it crashes,
this is unsurprising. Please do feel free to file bugs, but right now
they'll probably just be forwarded upstream. Please do not be surprised
if it doesn't work. If you're running binary drivers, things get even
more complicated and there's a reasonable chance that things will fail
to work in strange and unexpected ways.
Have fun, and start thinking of ways that this technology can be used
for the force of good.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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