On Friday 08 May 2009 23:23:57 you wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
>
> <drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 08 May 2009 10:59:26 Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> >> On Fri, 8 May 2009 08:25:49 -0500
> >>
> >> "David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E." <drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Sam, Danny, J., all
> >> >
> >> > I am working with the radeon and radeonhd drivers seeing if I can
> >> > get them to work with compiz 0.8.2.1 on my radeon x1200 laptop. My
> >> > xorg .conf is:
> >> >
> >> > Section "Device"
> >> > BoardName "RV350 NP"
> >> > # Driver "radeon"
> >> > Driver "radeonhd"
> >> > Identifier "Device[0]"
> >> > VendorName "ATI"
> >> > EndSection
> >> >
> >> > I have tried both the radeon and radeon hd driver with same
> >> > results. Upon Compiz start, the display behaves exactly like it is
> >> > going to work. The display goes blank, sequentially erasing and
> >> > redrawing each window, but then it never actually starts. The windows
> >> > are just left there with no decor. You can sill provide in put to
> >> > them, but you cannot move or resize them. Issuing kwin --replace
> >> > causes the reverse to happen (windows destroyed, black screen, windows
> >> > then redrawn with kde decor.
> >> >
> >> > Does anybody have and idea what's happening and how to fix it?
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
> >> Assuming you have the Mesa 3D drivers installed and working properly,
> >> then yes, compiz will work just fine.
> >>
> >> What distribution is this, and how are you trying to start compiz?
> >> What's the output of 'glxinfo'?
> >>
> >> Adam
> >> _______________________________________________
> >
> > Adam,
> >
> > I mesa is loaded, but I'm not sure what you mean by Mesa 3D. I
> > just know it as Mesa. Here is what is loaded:
> >
> > (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
> > (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
> >
> > Do I need something else?
>
> I had a problem similar to this on Gentoo. I'd kick off compiz and no
> borders, no errors, nothing. Then I realized everything was working
> fine, compiz just wasn't configured at all. Figured it was just
> stupid defaults on Gentoo, perhaps its more global that that. Try
> this - launch compiz however you do form a terminal, then run ccsm.
> Start enabling stuff. under window management make sure you get 'move
> window' and 'resize window' and application switcher at the very
> least. for image loading, select everything. Under effects select
> 'window decorations'. Under utility select 'dbus', 'glib' &
> 'inotify'. Try that, it should get you basic functionality. Beyond
> that, its all however much bling you want. Most of the shiny comes
> from 'wobbly windows', '3d windows' and 'animations' tho.
>
> How that helps.
>
> Wil
Wil,
You are a genious! I never would have believed it. The current install
is on
archlinux. Most of my other installs are opensuse (where a fglrx driver is
available). All I did was rsync my .config/compiz/compizconfig from an
opensuse box over to my archlinux box, started compiz again and Presto! All
was well in the world -- well almost ;-)
Man this was strange?? Is the default config distro specific or is it a
compiz generic issues that could be tweaked here?
Only other strange issues for compiz with the radeonhd driver is that
when I
run glxgears, the background for the gears is completely transparent (100%
gone). Additionally, shift switcher does not erase the original windows
before drawing the shift switch windows (the gradient draws correctly though)
See:
http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/compiz/radeonhd/shiftswitch.jpg
After closing all apps and restarting them shiftswitch seems ok??
http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/compiz/radeonhd/shiftswitch.jpg
Only real downside so far with the radeonhd driver is the frame-rates
in
glxgears is about 1/5 what it was with the fglrx driver (Current: 188 FPS,
w/fglrx: 1000 FPS). But the desktop effects work smoothly, etc.. The only
noticeable lag is with rotate cube and on window resize, but it isn't that
bad either.
Thanks again!
cc: radeo...@opensuse.org
Guys see also, the glxinfo output and Xorg.0.log:
http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/compiz/radeonhd/glxinfo-radeonhd
http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/compiz/radeonhd/Xorg.0.log
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