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List:       gentoo-amd64
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-amd64] Compositing WM
From:       "Harry Holt" <harryholt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-02-09 4:38:09
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I have tried it out.  Like Vista, it's very pretty and quite useless (to
me).  xinerama does not work at all.  It draws the panels on the 2nd screen,
but there does not seem to be a way to access it at all.  It appears that
Xgl simply does not support it.

I am using gnome, and have an ATI X1600.  The open source drivers do not
support this card, so if I want any kind of acceleration to work I have to
use the binary drivers.  This works fine, but again, no xinerama under Xgl.
I have not tried cloning the second screen - it would not really be useful
for me anyway.

Under beryl, often in many windows the screen does not refresh right away.
This appears to be some sort of bug where the rendering does not make it all
the way to the output buffer.  This exhibits by appearing to not respond to
an event at all.  If I try to move or update the window, the window is
refreshed.

I wouldn't really describe it as stable.

On 2/8/07, Diacone Frost <diacone@diacone.org> wrote:
>
> is anyone here using compositing WM and xinerama? I cannot
> get it work.
>
> thx.
>
> -------------------- původní zpráva --------------------
> Dne Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:09:52 -0300
> Mauro Maroni <mmaroni@fi.uba.ar> napsal(a):
>
> > Hello list:
> >
> > Is anyone here using a compositing window manager?
> > I would like to give it a try but I have some general
> > questions: What is the best option for a Nvidia + KDE
> > user? Beryl? Compiz? Are they stable? Anything else that
> > I should consider? Just wanted to hear about your
> > experience :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mauro
> >
>
> -------------------- konec původní zprávy -------------
>
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I have tried it out.&nbsp; Like Vista, it&#39;s very pretty and quite useless (to \
me).&nbsp; xinerama does not work at all.&nbsp; It draws the panels on the 2nd \
screen, but there does not seem to be a way to access it at all.&nbsp; It appears \
that Xgl simply does not support it. <br><br>I am using gnome, and have an ATI \
X1600.&nbsp; The open source drivers do not support this card, so if I want any kind \
of acceleration to work I have to use the binary drivers.&nbsp; This works fine, but \
again, no xinerama under Xgl.&nbsp; I have not tried cloning the second screen - it \
would not really be useful for me anyway. <br><br>Under beryl, often in many windows \
the screen does not refresh right away.&nbsp; This appears to be some sort of bug \
where the rendering does not make it all the way to the output buffer.&nbsp; This \
exhibits by appearing to not respond to an event at all.&nbsp; If I try to move or \
update the window, the window is refreshed. <br><br>I wouldn&#39;t really describe it \
as stable.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/8/07, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Diacone Frost</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:diacone@diacone.org">diacone@diacone.org</a>&gt; wrote: \
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">is anyone here using compositing \
WM and xinerama? I cannot<br>get it work.<br><br>thx. <br><br>-------------------- \
původní zpráva --------------------<br>Dne Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:09:52 -0300<br>Mauro \
Maroni &lt;<a href="mailto:mmaroni@fi.uba.ar">mmaroni@fi.uba.ar</a>&gt; \
napsal(a):<br><br>&gt; Hello list:<br> &gt;<br>&gt; Is anyone here using a \
compositing window manager?<br>&gt; I would like to give it a try but I have some \
general<br>&gt; questions: What is the best option for a Nvidia + KDE<br>&gt; user? \
Beryl? Compiz? Are they stable? Anything else that <br>&gt; I should consider? Just \
wanted to hear about your<br>&gt; experience :-)<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Thanks,<br>&gt; \
Mauro<br>&gt;<br><br>-------------------- konec původní zprávy \
-------------<br><br>--<br>Linux je userfirendly, ale pratele si vybira <br>--<br><a \
href="mailto:gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org">gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org</a> mailing \
list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Harry Holt, PMP


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