Chris, Thank you for your very thorough and clear explanation.
While I understand this is not specifically a Ubuntu bug, I would like to know who can escalate this to the Xorg developers? How can we (I) open this bug report for them? My concern is that 1) Ubuntu is shipping with compiz enabled by default (A very cool feature indeed), and 2) there are a *lot* of people using Google Earth. Certainly someone must take a look into this, as it created a very bad impression to end users. Best Regards, Cenora On Dec 3, 2007 2:50 AM, Chris Halse Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems that all the people experiencing this bug are using one of the > open-source drivers, either ati or intel (or i810). The free drivers do > not yet do redirected-direct-rendering, so apps using 3d (such as google > earth) interact badly with Compiz. The app using 3d (google earth, in > this case) won't be composited correctly; it will simply draw straight > to the screen, rather than drawing to an offscreen buffer that Compiz > can then combine with the other windows & draw to the screen. > > Marking this as WontFix: it's certainly a bug, but it's (a) not a bug in > Compiz - it's a limitation of the graphics drivers, and (b) the > extensive effort required to fix the drivers is not going to be done in > Ubuntu - it'll be done upstream by the Xorg developers. > > If anyone can duplicate this using non-free drivers (nvidia) or with > google earth running in Xgl (and *not* on the underlying :0 X server) > please reopen this bug. > > ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix > > -- > Google-earth display problems with Compiz > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162541 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Google-earth display problems with Compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
