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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Force compositing possible?
From:       "A. Bischof" <a.bischof () gmx ! net>
Date:       2011-03-29 13:45:43
Message-ID: 4D91E287.4090009 () gmx ! net
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Hi,

first of all, I hope it's correct to post my problem here, if it 
belong's elsewhere, please let me know.

I'm trying to get compositing running with KDE 4.4.5 and an embedded ATI 
gfx-card, free radeon driver on Debian stable/testing

# lspci |grep -i radeon
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 
4290]

It runs with KMS, I have hardware acceleration running (Xorg.0.log):
(II) RADEON(0): Sync:  Separate  Composite
         compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
         compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 2.5.0
(II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
(II)         Composite (RENDER acceleration)
(II) RADEON(0): Acceleration enabled

But when I fire up system settings -> Desktop it says:
"Compositing is not supported on your system" under the first menu point 
Desktop Effects.

I can use Cube-Switching as one can enable it under Multiple Desktop -> 
Switching.

A guy from list xorg-driver-ati list pointed out:
"IIRC the KDE check for this doesn't always work correctly and can be
overridden. If that still doesn't help, you could try using the XRender
backend for compositing."

Any clues how to do this to enable compositing?

Cheers
Andre
 
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