xcompmgr No composite extension

little_ball · 11-17-2004, 01:10 PM

Hi. I have been working around to try to use xcompmgr with xorg. But no matter how I try it just doesn´t work for me. I´m using slack 10, xorg 6.8.1 I had modify xorg.conf to enable composite and render, I restart my X server several times, but when I want to run xcompmgr in the konsole I get:

surfer@10:/home$ xcompmgr -c
No composite extension

No matter if I run xcompmgr -a, xcompmgr -f, whatever I get the same answer No composite extension. Any help will be very appreciate cause I already search google and found nothing.

gbonvehi · 11-17-2004, 01:11 PM

Add this to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Navaboy · 11-17-2004, 01:34 PM

Oh and add RENDER too.
Too your xorg.conf

Section "Extensions"

Option "Composite" "true"
Option "RENDER" "true"

EndSection

little_ball · 11-17-2004, 06:12 PM

I already added that too, before I ask here. But it didn´t work, but I found someone in this forum that put his/her xorg.conf to work well with xcompmgr I download it, modify it to work with my Hardware and now is working

but thanks.

GomiCowboy · 11-21-2004, 10:52 AM

I'm trying to do basically the same thing as above, but just a quick question: where do I put in the extensions section? I tried adding it to the end of the xorg.conf file but then got an error when I tried to restart X (Fatal Error : No Screens Found). Does this go in the Modules section or somewhere else? Thanks. Oh I'm using Gentoo with Xorg 6.8.0-r3 and xcompmgr 1.1 with an ATI Rage 128 (or something) card. (sorry I didn't realize this was the slackware forum when I first posted but I thought maybe somebody could help nonetheless.)
/Jeremy.

little_ball · 11-23-2004, 10:15 PM

Comicowboy I already had the same issue as you when I was trying to use xcomprg, the problem about the screen not found, in my case, was the section of keyboard. I read that to make xcompgr work you have to change driver or device keyboard, with the word kbd or keyboards, When I change that I was getting the error no screen found. Even if I modify the section of my video card for another like nvidia_driver. In case this help I give you the xorg.conf that works for me, and I copy from an user that post it here in linuxquestions. I must say this xorg.conf only works well under kernel 2.6.x under kernel 2.4.x I don´t know why my mouse don´t work

Code:

SSection "Files"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
    Load "extmod"
    Load "type1"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
    Option "RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "la"
    Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "Modes"
    Identifier "16:10"

    # 1280x800 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 62.62 kHz; pclk: 107.21 MHz
    Modeline "1280x800"  107.21  1280 1360 1496 1712  800 801 804 835

    # 1280x800 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.40 kHz; pclk: 123.38 MHz
    Modeline "1280x800"  123.38  1280 1368 1504 1728  800 801 804 840

    # 1280x800 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 84.80 kHz; pclk: 147.89 MHz
    Modeline "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848

    # 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
    Modeline "1680x1050"  147.14  1680 1784 1968 2256  1050 1051 1054 1087

    # 1680x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 188.07 MHz
    Modeline "1680x1050"  188.07  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1096
  # 1680x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 214.51 MHz
    Modeline "1680x1050"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103

    # 1680x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 256.20 MHz
    Modeline "1680x1050"  256.20  1680 1808 1992 2304  1050 1051 1054 1112

    # 1920x1200 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.97 kHz; pclk: 246.59 MHz
    Modeline "1920x1200"  246.59  1920 2064 2272 2624  1200 1201 1204 1253

    # 1920x1200 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 107.10 kHz; pclk: 282.74 MHz
    Modeline "1920x1200"  282.74  1920 2072 2280 2640  1200 1201 1204 1260

    # 1920x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 337.58 MHz
    Modeline "1920x1200"  337.58  1920 2072 2288 2656  1200 1201 1204 1271

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "Mouse1"
#    Driver "mouse"
#    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
#    Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
 #    Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
#    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "Mouse2"
#    Driver "synaptics"
#    Option "Protocol" "event"
#    Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
#    Option "TouchpadOff" "0"
#    Option "FingerLow" "25"
#    Option "RBCornerButton" "3"
#    Option "UpDownScrolling"
#    Option "AccelFactor" "0.01"
#    Option "FingerHigh" "30"
#    Option "LeftEdge" "60"
#    Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
#    Option "RTCornerButton" "2"
#    Option "SHMConfig"
#    Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
#    Option "RightEdge" "830"
#    Option "TopEdge" "70"
#    Option "BottomEdge" "650"
#    Option "EdgeMotionSpeed" "40"
#    Option "MinSpeed" "0.5"
 #    Option "MaxSpeed" "1.0"
#    Option "VertScrollDelta" "50"
#    Option "HorizScrollDelta" "50"
    #Option "CircularScrolling"
#EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse3"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Generic"
    ModelName "Dell Flat Panel"
    HorizSync 31.0-48.0
    VertRefresh 50.0-220.0
    UseModes "16:10"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 #Option "Nologo"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "NVidia"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
    Driver "vesa"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "MetaModes" "800x600,1280x800;1024x768,1280x800;800x600,800x600"

    Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled"
    Option "RenderAccel"
    Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
    Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5 - 130.0"
    Option "TwinView"
    Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "59 - 340"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
    Modes "1280x800"
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1024x768"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
#    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
#    InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "Mouse3" "SendCoreEvents"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 666
EndSection

GomiCowboy · 11-24-2004, 02:02 AM

If your mouse still doesn't work try adding the line:

Code:

Option "CorePointer"

right below where you have

Code:

Driver "mouse"

in your xorg file. that works for me, though I still can't get the wheel to work. Oh and the problem was I put in the "RENDER" option though I don't have nvidia. Hope this works for you.

/Jeremy

little_ball · 11-26-2004, 11:16 AM

wow nice cowboy, it works very well now, my mouse work with kernel 2.6.9 and kernel 2.4.27

Nice job cowboy