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10. In your /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file, comment out "ServerCmd=/usr/bin/Xorg -br" and replace it with "ServerCmd=/usr/bin/Xgl :1 -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc -fullscreen -ac -accel glxbuffer -accel xvbuffer -br"
11. Restart X
12. Open your favorate terminal emulator when KDE starts and run "start-compiz"
13. (optional) To start compiz all the time, add this script to ~/.kde/Autostart/ and call it compiz.desktop
There is nothing else that I have tied more than having Compiz on my system and It's something that I haven't achived, I'm kind of frustated, but don't worry I will never leave linux.
Well here is my case, I have Debian Etch + KDE 3.5 but with GDM, and I also use an Nvidia Card (GeForce FX 5500 256 MB).
Ok my question is that I have installed the lastest Nvidia drivers (the beta drivers), So I wonder If even so I have to install all what you said.
If thanks to you I achive to run compiz on my system I'm gonna kiss you on the mouth !
compiz" is +Entirely At Your Own Risk+ : for fglrx only ; wget -N http://kanotix.com/files/install-compiz.sh ; Install script for live CD and HD install (-u to uninstall, -d to disable, -e to enable)
beryl" is +At Your Own Risk+ use 'install-nvidia-debian.sh -c' to install 9626 ; wget -Nc http://kanotix.com/files/fix/beryl/beryl-mix.tar.gz ; unp beryl-mix.tar.gz .. cd beryl-mix ; dpkg -i *deb ; apt-get install -f ; then, as user: 'beryl-manager'
I used X.org 7.1 for this (just add an Unstable repository to /etc/apt/sources.list). I haven't tried it with AIGLX, but it should work (in theory). I think you will need to pass additional arguments to compiz-start, like in Beryl.
Speaking of Beryl, I never got it running--on the off-chance it DIDN'T crash, I just got a white cube (otherwise my frame buffer got corrupted; even the virtual consoles were illegible).
To launch Xgl from GDM, add this to /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:
Well here is my case, I have Debian Etch + KDE 3.5 but with GDM, and I also use an Nvidia Card (GeForce FX 5500 256 MB).
Ok my question is that I have installed the lastest Nvidia drivers (the beta drivers), So I wonder If even so I have to install all what you said.
If you're already running a 1.0.9xxx series NVIDIA driver and are using the corresponding nvidia-glx, you should be fine. Just add the repositories and install compiz, xgl, and cgwd-themes, and modify your xorg.conf and /etc/gdm/gdm.conf files. You may need to get X.org 7.1 from Debian SID--I haven't tested Compiz on previous versions of X.
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Originally Posted by megaprog
If thanks to you I achive to run compiz on my system I'm gonna kiss you on the mouth !
Hmmm...I got Beryl running with AIGLX enabled in X.org 7.1, and it uses a LOT less memory and CPU time. Cool--now I don't have to use Novell products (especially after betraying the Linux community by allying with M$).
Hmmm...I got Beryl running with AIGLX enabled in X.org 7.1, and it uses a LOT less memory and CPU time. Cool--now I don't have to use Novell products (especially after betraying the Linux community by allying with M$).
I'm totally agreed with you ! Beryl is much more eficient and so much easier to install.
All you need is the lastest version of XORG (7.1 at this moment), the lastest nvidia drivers (beta), and beryl + esmerald theme, for me beryl runs GREAT, even when it has buggy out a couple of times, but nothig serious.
I like your website, and I can understand it too (I took four years of Spanish in high school). What is your connection with it (webmaster, sysadmin, CEO, etc)?
I like your website, and I can understand it too (I took four years of Spanish in high school). What is your connection with it (webmaster, sysadmin, CEO, etc)?
Thanks, I'm the webmaster, the web is oriented to the free software, in fact I would love to make an english edition of the web, in fact I used to have it, but because the forum was so unvisited I let it go, but now I feel like internationaling it
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