On Thursday 05 January 2006 06:13, Tom Martin wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:35:09 -0500 > > "Michael W. Holdeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do I need xcompmgr? I have a running ~x86 up to date system using > > kde-3.5.0. I setup transparency using teh howto on teh wiki, and it > > is really beautifull.. BUTT, totally unusable as it is soo slow and > > crashes all the time. It crashes x. My system is Dell 8600, with an > > nvidia 5200Go card. All drivers are up to date including teh > > nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. > > For real transparency, yes, you need it. If you have enabled GLX and > Composite at once, and run a GLX program, then X will crash. This is > likely the cause of your problems. The difficulty is, for the moment, > you have to sacrifice either GLX if you want to use Composite reliably. Thanks, Will try today. I am not really sure if I am running any progs that require glx? And for another thing I read somewhare that OO-org 2 has a problem with transparency..
Also do I need xcompmgr or will kompmgr work? Mike -- Michael W. Holdeman ________________________________________ Powered by Gentoo Linux www.gentoo.org | Kernel 2.6.11-ck8 | Win4Lin 5-1-20 netraverse.com | Win4LinPro 6.1.1-03 win4lin.com | ________________________________________| -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
