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hey Pierre =3D)

great to see you on the list; will be interesting to see what emerges from =
all=20
of our efforts in the next year.

On Sunday 18 September 2005 03:13, Pierre D. wrote:
> That's simple : most graphic cards drivers won't enable opengl while
> composite is enabled ! Currently, only the nVidia drivers allow that
> through an unstable option : "AllowGLXWithComposite". That means every
> other graphic card can't run Looking Glass with all its features :/

i've started talking to both nVidia and ATi about this issue, and hopefully=
=20
this will result in something useful in the future in both cases. a lot mor=
e=20
discussion and effort needs to go into this, of course. so, we'll see. but=
=20
both are putting resources on these issues as we speak, so that's a nice st=
ep=20
forward.

that said, COMPOSITE won't be a requirement for plasma, though it may not l=
ook=20
quite as spiffy w/out it.

that said, you are right that GL+COMPOSITE is a mess right now. the best wa=
y=20
to push fixes for this is to push applications that actually work best when=
=20
both are around.

> how to draw translucent windows containing 3D apps

honestly, i find this kind of stuff to be pure wankery and hope we find muc=
h=20
better things to do with our windows than make them see-through or wobble.=
=20
even then, it's not something that falls within the concern of plasma itsel=
f.=20
that's for the window and composite manager (and by implication X below tha=
t=20
as you noted in your original email =3D), so i kind of absolve myself of th=
is=20
one (i know, the easy way out ;)

=2D-=20
Aaron J. Seigo
GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA  EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43

=46ull time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (http://www.trolltech.com)

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