On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 23:23 +0200, PJ Beers wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 11:15 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> The major improvement I noticed is that compiz now behaves much better, > >> all in all its almost usable except that resizing windows takes too > >> long to be functional. > > > > If you're using xserver 1.4 or newer, make sure you're using EXA for > > this. > > I'm still on 1.3.0.0, so I guess no EXA for me, right?
You can still try it, but it'll probably decrease compiz performance before 1.4. > I tried compiling 1.4 today (on Slackware 12), but I'm baffled by the > number of dependencies. I did get it to compile, but startx errored > out, and then I gave up. If you post to the xorg list about this with more details, somebody might be able to help. > >> One thing that hasn't worked ever is screen rotation. I've only > tried > >> turning it upside down, but it predictably and completely hangs the > >> computer - no sysrq or anything, nothing in the logs. > > > > It wouldn't be usable anyway due to the lack of r300 RENDER > > acceleration. > > Ah... I guess this is where I find myself lacking in prior knowledge, > I don't understand your comment. The actual rotation of screen contents would be unaccelerated, making it mostly useless. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
