xfce composite manager

[james_027]

Hi,

what are the requirements of xfce composite manager in order to work? does it need xgl or aiglx? I am using fesity on ati x1400. I was able to enable the composite feature of xfce but it corrupts my display.:(

Any advice how to get it to work flawlessly

Thanks

[kefir]

Enable the Composite extension in the X11 config file and make use Xfwm4 is compiled with compositor support (xfwm4 -V).

/etc/xorg.conf

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

NVidia users also need (well it’s recommended) this in the device section of the card:

Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

Stolen from the xfce wiki =)
http://wiki.xfce.org/

Good luck!

[james_027]

Hi,

I just found out that ati still has no support for composition, could aiglx or xgl help to enable the composite feature of xfce?:confused:

Thanks

[kefir]

what does

xfce4 --version

say?

[kefir]

Ok just tried to get it up and running on my own computer (also have a ATI) card but no luck so it seems like there's a no go with this one...Sucks =(

note-to-self : never again buy a crappy *** ATI card

[james_027]

Ok just tried to get it up and running on my own computer (also have a ATI) card but no luck so it seems like there's a no go with this one...Sucks =(

note-to-self : never again buy a crappy *** ATI card

Have you try beryl/compiz with your ati card?

thanks

[kefir]

Hi, yepp i've tried beryl , worked just fine =)

Don't want to use it on a regular basis though, to slow and buggy for me :/