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Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 14, 2006 18:00 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)In reply to: Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal) by ajross
Parent article: Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Many distributions seem to shipping similar "eye candy" now. AIGLX is part of upstream Xorg 7.1 release and Fedora Core 6 (and the current development tree) includes Compiz which works with AIGLX and compositing is enabled by default in Xorg. Metacity is the default window manager and you turn on Compiz by enabling it in Preferences-=> More Preferences-=> Desktop Effects.
It mostly just works.
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Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 14, 2006 18:43 UTC (Thu) by quintesse (subscriber, #14569) [Link]
Except if you're using KDE with Fedora I guess :-(
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 14, 2006 18:48 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
There is some work being done on Compiz with KDE too
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/compiz/kde/
You can run compiz --replace to enable it in KDE.
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 14, 2006 19:54 UTC (Thu) by NapalmLlama (guest, #26327) [Link]
Does anybody know if there's any KDE-native configurator yet? A few months ago I went to great lengths ripping all the Gnome stuff out of my system, so I'm very reluctant to install something (like gconf) that's going to pull it back in again. That's about all that's stopping me from giving XGL a whirl right now...
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 15, 2006 4:24 UTC (Fri) by Tashlan (guest, #17277) [Link]
> AIGLX is part of upstream Xorg 7.1 release and Fedora Core 6...> It mostly just works.
True, but don't forget the drivers. I am stuck waiting for compatible 3D drivers for my Nvidia card. :(
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 19, 2006 3:48 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
Get a better computer. ;)I've got my GMA950 and it works with AIGLX.
Those Core Duo (or whatever the hell Intel is calling them) are looking very good right now.......
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Sep 29, 2006 4:36 UTC (Fri) by Tashlan (guest, #17277) [Link]
> Get a better computer. ;)> I've got my GMA950 and it works with AIGLX.
I appreciate the sentiment, but replacing a motherboard and CPU to "upgrade" to a less powerful GPU is not an option I'm willing to consider. I don't need new hardware, I need new software. This hardware is capable of fullfilling my needs; only the driver restricts my ability to do so.
Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz (Linux Journal)
Posted Oct 22, 2006 19:21 UTC (Sun) by ylec (guest, #41252) [Link]
Like Thaslan I'm satisfied with my nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]and I see this working perfectly without any difficulties after an installation standard Nvidia driver from nvidia.com site with Novell SLED 10
With Fedora Core 6 (test 3)x86_64, I spent 2 days:
-> with first finding a driver nvidia wich can compile with the kernel 2.6.18 of FC6, and the only one is the experimental from freshrpms site:
nvidia-x11-drv-1.0.9626-1.x86_64.rpm
-> then when compiz is lauched from Desktop-Effects applet or by hands
the OpenGL rotation is there, but there is no decoration to move or resize windows !!!!!!!!!!!
I tried to skip aiglx, and install xorg-x11-server-Xgl from source like in fedora core 5 but the difference of package source is too much with FC6 !
So currently compiz is NOT USABLE with my nvidia card