compiz fusion problem

bhert · 02-19-2008, 04:01 PM

Hello, I just installed compiz fusion with yast and then enabled xgl and restarted kde. Now the desktop seems to freeze with the exception of rotating the cube. If I have my finger on the mouse while the cube is moving, the desktop is working like normal, if I let go of the mouse, it's like windows froze. It's like the screen refresh went AWOL. Has anyone had this issue? Is there a way it can be fixed? I have an ATI express 200 card. I am using suse 10.3 if that means anything.
Thanks

-bhert

MS3FGX · 02-20-2008, 08:46 AM

Which drivers are you using for your video card?

ATI devices are notoriously difficult to get running under Linux, especially with Compiz.

bhert · 02-20-2008, 11:12 AM

Thanks for responding MS3FGX, I added the ati site to the repos and used yast to install the latest fglrx drivers. I did that after the kernel update.

-bhert

bhert · 02-23-2008, 01:20 PM

No one has any ideas?

terryxela · 02-23-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhert

No one has any ideas?

Like MS3FGX said ATI are hard to run with compiz. I had an ATI Radeon X800 XL 256M and for 2D desktop was great but compiz did not work. Many users have been successful. I went to nvidia 8800 and it is perfect, first beryl and now compiz-fusion they have been my default window manager.
In my laptop I have an intel video chip and compiz-fusion also works very well.

-=terry(Denver)=-

gilead · 02-23-2008, 02:22 PM

Are there any errors logged to /var/log/Xorg.0.log or ~/.xsessionerrors at or just before the time it happens?