Well, now it works :-) I don't know what fixed it, but my guess is, as Duncan suggested, I didn't reboot after recompiling the kernel, and before emerging nvidia. After that sequence, the module loads fine.
Thank you all very much for the tips and taking the time to help. Best regards On 7/27/05, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michal Zeravik posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, > on Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:06:50 +0200: > > > Anyone got work X transparency (composite) with xcompmgr working with > > 2.6.12 and nvidia drivers? For me it is not working even with generic nv > > driver. > > I don't do unfreedomware, and have an issue with NVidia not providing > even programming interface information to the community, so I refuse to > buy NVidia video. > > However, I got it working with an ATI Radeon 9200 SE and the xorg native > drivers the other day. It's /nice/ in KDE. That was running the > xorg-x11-6.8.99.15 6.9/7.0 snapshot build, with unified framebuffer on a > dual 2048x1736 monitor layout. > > Composite crashes with Xinerama enabled and dual framebuffers instead of > the single unified framebuffer, thru 6.8.99.13. The .14 and .15 > snapshots won't xinerama correctly even without composite, and I decided I > liked the separate framebuffers with xinerama (I like being able to > switch the resolution on one monitor without having to worry about the > other one as well), so I switched back to .13, without composite, of > course, since it crashes in xinerama mode. > > Still, I was able to play with it enough to get a feel for why everybody > is going so crazy over composite, and what it can do. Once it goes fully > stable, it'll definitely support some really nice eye candy. It's really > cool when it works. > > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in > http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- Mark [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own] -- [email protected] mailing list
