HowTo: Beryl in AMD64 NVIDIA

[mrpeanut]

The HowTo on Ubuntu Guide was down so after a bit of searching via Google and expanding on bits of Ubuntu Guide's HowTo I bring you this!

Make sure everything is up to date
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Add Beryl and NVIDIA to your repositories
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line:
##Beryl
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main
deb http://albertomilone.com/drivers/edgy/nonlegacy/64bit binary/

Add the GPG keys
wget http://albertomilone.com/drivers/tseliot.asc
gpg --import tseliot.asc
gpg --export --armor albertomilone@alice.it | sudo apt-key add -
wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/1609B551.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Install the NVIDIA Drivers
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

Update your linux-restricted-modules & linux-restricted-modules-common packages
sudo nvidia-xconfig

Add a Menu option for the NVIDIA Settings
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/NVIDIA-Settings.desktop

Insert these lines in the new file and save:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=NVIDIA Settings
Comment=NVIDIA Settings
Exec=nvidia-settings
Icon=
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

Restart your computer and the new drivers should be installed. You will see a NVIDIA splash screen.

Install Beryl
sudo apt-get install beryl-core beryl-plugins beryl-plugins-data emerald beryl-settings beryl-manager beryl beryl-dev emerald-themes

Backup xorg.conf
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add this to xorg.conf "Screen" section
# Enable 32-bit ARGB GLX Visuals
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

# If you are using an older version of compiz that
# does not support rendering into the Composite
# Overlay Window, you will need to disable clipping
# of GLX rendering to the X Root window with this
# option, or you will get a blank screen after
# starting compiz:
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"

Add this to xorg.conf "Device" section
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"

Restart X with ctrl+alt+backspace

Start Beryl
beryl-manager

Start Emerald (if it doesn't start on its own)
emerald --replace

Configure Beryl to be executed at start-up

1. Select 'System' > 'Preferences' > 'Sessions'
2. Click the StartUp Programs tab
3. Click Add, then input: beryl-manager
4. Click OK, then Close

[vagrahb]

Hey the guide is great and i got beryl working out of the box on my edgy 64bit all the effects and stuff but the only problem is when I try to invoke the beryl-settings i get a seg fault. I wanted to play around the effects and now i am stuck with the default ones..:(

[Hurons]

Hello and that you for the how to:

I followed the instructions and typed in "bery-manager" and got this:

sudo: beryl-manager: command not found


Also, is Beryl supposed to be listed in the apps menu? I'm clueless

Thank You

[alek66]

you forgot the Nvidia drivers part...
And is there a way to use native 64bit packages.... why do you use the 32bit???

[Hurons]

Hello.

I was able to get beryl up and running....

However, I cannot open beryl setting-manger form the tray icon.

Any ideas?

Thank You

[rko618]

Add this to xorg.conf "Device" section
Code:

Option "TripleBuffer" "true"


My xorg.conf doesn't have this but Beryl is working for me. Should I add it anyways? Will it help?

[Rashid584]

what exactly is AMD64 about this howto? :S

-Rashid

[vagrahb]

Hello.

I was able to get beryl up and running....

However, I cannot open beryl setting-manger form the tray icon.

Any ideas?

Thank You

Try updating it.The latest update fixed it for me :).

[alek66]

did you runned beryl-manager? o just beryl?

[vagrahb]

Whenever I used to run beryl-manager from the command prompt I used to get a seg fault and i googled for a solution and could not get any and then by there was an update waiting it by the update manager and that update fixed everything and now it works like a charm... :)

[alek66]

I still down know what makes my computer to heat up.
Since I installed the new nvidia drivers... heat it up the roof.

[mrpeanut]

Edited to add in the NVIDIA drivers portion. For those of you who did not get this to work, make sure you have the NVIDIA drivers installed. Beryl will not be in the menu at all, it will load when Ubuntu is loading after you log in. Also, this is the 64bit package. The part where we enter "32" is for the color depth.

[mand0]

Hello,

Typing this command in the console:

wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/1609B551.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

I get the follow response:

gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.

What does this mean? Thanks

::EDIT::

Ack, solved it myself. I was not logged in as root. Might be back with another question though. ;)

::EDIT::

Back, I run this command:

sudo apt-get install beryl-core beryl-plugins beryl-plugins-data emerald beryl-settings beryl-manager beryl beryl-dev emerald-themes

And I get this:

E: Couldn't find package beryl-core

How do I get around this? Thanks