I followed this tutorial on getting Xgl configured and working on my SUSE 10.1 machine with an Nvidia Geforce TI 4200 graphics card, but when I boot my system now I don't get the gui display at all. If I login and type startx it just says that there is no x server to connect to. If I however elevate myself to root and type the same thing, it works without a problem. Does anyone have an idea what this may be??
Thanks in advance for any help

Question: did you rmmod nvidia to unload the nvidia driver BEFORE installing Xgl? Then re-install the nvidia driver? The warnings I've read are clear. Install Xgl before the nvidia driver.

No I did it the other way around because according to the instructions this is the way that it needs to be done. Here is a quote: "The NVIDIA driver installer typically removes all libglx.so in /usr/X11R6, including /usr/X11R6/lib/xorg/modules/xgl/libglx.so -- which is part of the xgl package. Thus you currently have to reinstall xgl after installing the NVIDIA driver."

Did you follow these instructions?: http://en.opensuse.org/Using_Xgl_on_SUSE_Linux.

If so, my bad. I apologize for speaking on a subject on which I am ignorant.

very easy.

but first install nvidia drivers!
install xgl-cvs
compiz
libsvg-cairo
libsvg
DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER on the /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager ，change to "Xgl" ,
on the shell
compiz --replace decoration move resize place minimize &
gnome-window-decorator &

OK~ fly on the Xgl!

bigrigdriver, yes I followed those instructions

sniper_pro, thanks for that. I'll give it another go and see how I go.

Just an update. The GUI still doesn't autoload however, if I log in at the login prompt and run this command it works fine:

Is there anyway to automate this process so that I don't have to type it manually each time I start the machine?

This is the best tutorial I've found so far. Make sure you read the first paragraph.

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17174.html

Edit: Oops, just realized that's the same link in your original post. Anyway, it worked for me. Did you copy and paste the compiz.desktop file from the article?

Yes I copied and pasted the compiz.desktop file from the article. I don't think that this is the ussue though. When the PC boot's up, it no longer automatically starts x windows. It just stops at a login prompt as if it was running in init 3. If I then run the command that I mentioned above it loads up and everything is working.

I too followed the tutorial above. As I was in Gnome at the time I went through with the Gnome config for xgl.
I could not login. I deleted the gnome folders in my home folder to reset gnome to defaults. Fixed. Don't edit gnome-session-properties as it's fine by default.
-Kde was giving errors about iceAuthority file. I deleted this and could login to kde and setup the startup file. BUT.
-Playing video and dvb in xine or kaffiene or klear leaves artifacts all over, video is slow and choppy and is basically unusable.
-Scolling in firefox is slow and cpu goes haywire.
Gkrellm would not stay stable with a transparent t-heme but is ok now without the transparency.
There may be other things when I get to them but apart from those it's great.
The screen image is clearer and a little more contrasty and the shadows and menu effects are nice.
Now I must turn it off so I can use digital tv.
I suppose all this will be smoother in suse 10.2
Have a nice day!

What is XGL?

Here Jongi check this link.

http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/

Ahhh. Wonder if anyone has tried on 10.

I have the same problem. It started after I ran SuSEconfig. If I log in as root and run 'init 3' and then 'init 5' everything works perfectly. I was able to log in to KDE directly once after I reran SuSEconfig again, but next login was back as console. I don't think it has to do with Xgl. When I removed the compiz.desktop file it still wouldn't work.
The command 'Xgl -fullscreen :1 & sleep 2 && DISPLAY=:1 kde' works for me too.
I'll soon give up on SUSE if I can't get this to work soon.
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The novelle methode broke my system. This method worked easy for me got xgl on kde up and running smothly for me.
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/42/ '