Fedora 8 GL Desktop Effects disabled after reboot or logout
Hi to all,
I have Fedora 8 up and running on a dual boot system, and I have been trying to get the GL Desktop and Desktop effects running with some success but I have a couple of problems. To get the effects working I have to first enable Desktop Effects from the System / Look and Feel menu, then enable the GL Desktop from the same menu. After doing this it mostly seems to work, but after a reboot or logout I will lose the Desktop Effects and windows are frozen to the desktop without a title bar or the ability to move the windows. I can re-enable the Desktop Effects from the System / Look and Feel menu and it all comes good again. Is there something I missing to ensure the GL Desktop and Desktop Effects load correctly at login? Thanks in advance for any help offered. |
first ,what is your hardware and WHAT is your 3d card a nvidia or ati
depending on whether it is a ati or nvidia card the instructions are different . |
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Gigabyte P4 Titan MB Ati Radeon 9550 256mb Celeron 2.2 GHz Ram 2.0 GB HD 100 GB Samsung 226BW LCD Fedora Core 8 fully patched as of yesterday. Xorg.0.log X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: Fedora 8 Red Hat, Inc. Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.26.5-28.fc8 #1 SMP Sat Sep 20 09:32:58 EDT 2008 i686 Build Date: 24 July 2008 .............. |
Fedora video card drivers for both ATI and the NVIDIA cards are available at this site; http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/ , just click the link for your Fedora version 8 to install the needed RPM then follow instructions.
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My problem is the GL Desktop and Desktop Effects settings don't stick, after a reboot they are lost or partial lost. |
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if nvidia was it the "nvidia.run" or the "kmod-nvidia" for ati - did you install "kmod-fglrx " or the one from the ati web site , or the open driver in the fedora install dvd ? see :"Howto for fglrx (Ati driver) and Compiz-fusion " http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=155503 have a read through the How to nvidia and generic "compiz-fusion 0.7.9 repo for F8 , F9 & F10 ( includes screenlets & gnomeartng)" http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=173317 and the How to for a ati card see :"Howto for fglrx (Ati driver) and Compiz-fusion " http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=155503 to install compiz-fusion and turn on "direct rendering" If your 3d card ( ati or nvidia) dose not support it then you can not install it and have it work. |
Thanks for the advice, it's all sorted.
I had to update the ATI driver, kmod-fglrx and delete my .gnome2 profile to get it all working but it's sorted out now. |
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