I used the xorg 7.3 rerpositories for 10.3. Found I have a few problems with KDE on 10.3, so I may go back to the xorg 7.2.
Art On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 21:11 -0700, Ben Kevan wrote: > Congrats, > > Hope my blog was some kind of help. > > Sorry about the single -, wordpress for somereason does that, maybe I should > update the blogs, I will also update to include the new repository (I now use > the SUSE XORG:XGL one also. > > As for updating Xorg did you try updating to newer 7.2 packages? Or did you > just go straight to 7.3? > > Again.. glad you got it working.. Compiz is pretty good.. > > Ben > > On Saturday 18 August 2007 12:00:54 am Art Fore wrote: > > I got compiz-fusion running on both 10.3 and 10.2 X68-64 dual core and > > without xgl. It was a 4 day battle, but I won in the end. Here is what > > I did. > > > > 10.2 > > I pretty much followed http://www.benkevan.com/blog/?p=66, which did not > > work completely.. Then I changed the repository to > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/xorg73/openSUSE_10.2, upgraded > > the compiz-fusion, xorg, & mesa rpms. (These had all been upgraded > > before but the 7.3 repository had slightly later versions). The > > copoy/paste of > > #! /bin/sh > > compiz –replace ccp & > > emerald –replace ccp & > > > > from http://www.benkevan.com/blog/?p=65 > > did not work right. Ended up I had to change the - to --. > > > > I also added the nvidia repository and had already installed the invidia > > kernel drivers previously. > > > > 10.3 > > > > First, adding the 10.2 nvidia repository did not work. I would not > > recognize the drivers as they were for the wrong version of kernel. I > > downloaded the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run and ran it with > > the -q option. The -q is a must. Ended up that I needed to do this again > > after I updated xorg for some reason or another, so you might want to do > > this last. > > > > Used the XGL:/X11 repositories first, the the xorg73 repositories. in > > Yast. Most of the packages were not upgraded, even though they were in > > the repositories. I ended up downloding those that did not upgrade and > > installed them manually. If fact, I had to get the emerald-themes from > > the suse 10.2 repositoy. > > > > Hopefully by the time 10.3 is released, this will all get straightened > > out, otherwise, it is really a big hassle. > > > > As far as the nvidia-config line from > > http://www.benkevan.com/blog/?p=65, again another copy paste error on > > the -, but it still did not work. Unrecognized --compite etc. Ended up I > > had to do each option individually, then it worked. my xorg config added > > lines are as follows: > > > > Under screen > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen[0]" > > Device "Device[0]" > > Monitor "Monitor[0]" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True" > > Option "RenderAccel" "True" > > Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" > > SubSection "Display" > > > > and at the end > > > > Section "Extensions" > > Option "Composite" "Enable" > > EndSection > > > > Compiz is much faster and the compiz setting application is very nice. > > Have to play around with all of the plug-ins and see what I really want > > to use. > > > > Both CPUs are running 4 to 6 %. If I rotate the cube, etc., 1 cpu will > > jump up to about 16% for only a short time while I am rotating the cube. > > Now I will have to install this on my laptop at work where I have WinXP > > running under parallels on Suse 10.2. Hopefully parallels will work with > > it as I do max out the 2 cpus on it quite often with a simulation > > program that only runs under winxp. > > > > Thanks to all that helped on the mail list. > > > > Art > > > > -- > How much can you know about yourself, you've never been in a fight? I don't > wanna die without any scars. So come on; hit me > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
