How to Install XGL/Compiz in OpenSuse 10.2
My PC specifications are :
- Intel Pentium-D 2.66, 768MB RAM, Kernel 2.6.18.8, OpenSuse 10.2, KDE 3.5.7. - Display : Intel 865 G, Driver: i810 (3D Support) As I don't have any extra graphics card like NVidia cards can I use compiz/xgl on this PC? |
one would think http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewt...st=0&sk=t&sd=a
fyi - beryl was a fork of compiz that has since remerged but any beryl (or compiz) instructions should work checkout http://forums.opencompositing.org which are the new compiz-fusion (remerged beryl and compiz)forums |
Thanks for the links. Actually the second one (OpenCompositing) has moved. I am going through the first one.
I tried on my own and got limited success in installing XGL. I found XGL is working in my PC but the problem was neither any of the window had frames and nor I could input anything through the Keyboard. This was when I had my 3D disabled. May be some kind of display driver issue. Thanks again for your help. Update : Success. I have been able to successfully run Beryl in my PC without adding any extra hardware. The themes are working and I now need to learn how much better I can user Beryl. It's wonderful to see Beryl working. I almost lost hope. From my early experience I find graphics are somewhat slow. It is taking time to scroll through any page in browser. I hope that problem can be solved. Thanks. |
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Do you know Beryl is depreciated? you can try installing Compiz Fusion http://www.benkevan.com/blog/compiz-...-opensuse-102/ You can read a blog I wrote about Compiz Fusion on 10.2 with an NVIDIA card. For your intel card you will have to install XGL enable it and go from there.. |
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But now I have hope because of your help. Your blog is really very helpful. As I have Intel Card, I will try to follow the procedure for Intel cards. I have installed XGL, Compiz and Beryl. I will give Compiz another try and let you know about the experience. It would be great if I can make Compiz work properly. Thanks for your help. -------- Update -------- Now Compiz is working, at least I can see that in action when I use the shortcuts. It seems to be working faster than Beryl in my system. So thanks to you I switched over to Compiz. But still there remain one small problem. I can't seem to find a way to change window decorations. Like in Beryl I used to change window decorations through Beryl-manager, where just selecting a theme changed the window frame, here nothing happens when I do that. I tried to find compiz manager in YAST but could not find one. After much effort I installed the Emerald manager but it is not working due to some library missing (I installed through Yast). I also can't see the compiz logo anywhere. Please help. |
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http://www.benkevan.com/blog/?p=66 Which is a new post that I did today regarding upgrading to the Dev release of Compiz Fusion 0.5.2. In that post I inlude the new repository to use, and also a rpm -qa | grep compiz of what I have installed from that repo. So remove everything except for licenses from Cyberorg Repo, add the new X11:XORG repo, and install Compiz and the other packages I show on there, you should be set :o) |
Thanks the link to a great blog. It's really helpful.
The status at my end is I have installed Compiz from Opensue repo. Everything is working well. But I would like some help from you regarding how to install Compiz themes. Because as I mentioned it was easy to change themes in Beryl. I can't do that in Compiz. Thanks again for your help. |
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If you are talking about the look of the bars etc, those are actually Emerald Themes, and can be changed by the emerald theme manager: emerald-theme-manager (in a konsole) or Computer --> Applications --> Utilities --> Desktop --> Emerald Theme Manager As for going back to Kwin / Metacity incase of a crash, that is not in Compiz, although I find very fewer crashes with the WM running Compiz with the Nvidia native drivers. |
Yes you have correctly understood. I want to change the window decorations. I understand that it needs to be done by Emerald, but I find that while Emerald is working correctly with Beryl it is not working with Compiz.
That means When I change the window manager as compiz via Beryl Manager and also change the window decorator as Compiz KDE Decorator it chooses the current KDE theme. At this stage if I open up emerald and try to change themes nothing happens. But when I choose Beryl as Window Manager and as window decorator then changing window decorations through Beryl manager is working. In summary I felt may be I need something like Compiz Manager which changes themes through beryl. And I don't have any Compiz manager. ------------------------ Update : The problem seems to have been solved. I installed the git versions and then chose Beryl Emerald as window decorator. Now it's working. I am not sure though whether this is how thing should be done but it is now working for me. |
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