How To: Install Xgl/compiz with Dapper, ATI, Gnome

[risbac]

Bou, locate Xgl please, confirm us it's really in /usr/bin... It could be in /usr/local/bin.

[aamukahvi]

And Bou, the screencap on your post seems to indicate that you have the :1 there twice i.e. /usr/bin/Xgl :1 :1. Get rid of the other :1. Good luck! Xgl really rocks.

[spotk]

Hi all,
since yesterday, i manage to get thouse famouses Xgl and compiz working on my setup but with no luck...

here is the setup:
Ati X700 with fglrx module rebuilt from latest ati driver :
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON X700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5642 (8.22.5)


xgl-server , compiz and libs from repos.

when i try to launch xgl , either with gdm stuff or with scripts, it fails loading...
and each time xgl is loaded, fglrxinfo reports mesa drivers instead of Ati one...

here is my xorg Modules and device section:

Section "Device"
    Identifier                          "ATIX700"
    Driver                              "fglrx"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"    # vendor=1002, device=5652
EndSection

Section "Module"
    #Load   "GLcore"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "type1"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

And here is the gdm stuff used to launch :

/etc/gdm/gdm.conf is modified with 1=Standard

[servers]
# Override display 0 to use Xgl.
1=Xgl

[server-Xgl]
name=Xgl server
command=/usr/local/bin/Xgl :1 -fullscreen -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer
flexible=true

If anybody can give me a reason why Mesa is used when Xgl launched ...

Thanks in advance
Spotk

[Bou]

Bou, locate Xgl please, confirm us it's really in /usr/bin... It could be in /usr/local/bin.

I'm so dumb. I was sure I had installed xserver-xgl, but I hadn't.

The thing is, now that the packaged is installed -I double-checked the other ones- Gnome seems to start, but the screen is all screwed up and I can only see lots of colors and the mouse cursor.

Is that supposed to happen? Do I have to add "gnome-window-decorator" and "compiz --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place menu switcher" for this not to happen, or have they nothing to do?

Thanks and sorry.

EDIT: aamukahvi, you can see my gdm.conf-custom above, there's no repeated :1 (I looked for it too)

[aamukahvi]

I'm so dumb. I was sure I had installed xserver-xgl, but I hadn't.

The thing is, now that the packaged is installed -I double-checked the other ones- Gnome seems to start, but the screen is all screwed up and I can only see lots of colors and the mouse cursor.

Is that supposed to happen? Do I have to add "gnome-window-decorator" and "compiz --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place menu switcher" for this not to happen, or have they nothing to do?

Thanks and sorry.

EDIT: aamukahvi, you can see my gdm.conf-custom above, there's no repeated :1 (I looked for it too)

Ok, I noticed that, too, but figured that maybe you copied that from a FAQ or something As for the garbled up screen, that shouldn't happen. Once Xgl is installed and configured, everything should be pretty normal. Then starting gnome-window-decorator and compiz just add the icing on the cake, so to say

[risbac]

Is that supposed to happen?

I don't think so... You can run Xgl without running Compiz. I think it's better to go step by step, run Xgl first, then run Compiz. Apparently your Xgl is not running so fine... Do you have a specific configuration? Like dual monitor?

[Bou]

I don't think so... You can run Xgl without running Compiz. I think it's better to go step by step, run Xgl first, then run Compiz. Apparently your Xgl is not running so fine... Do you have a specific configuration? Like dual monitor?

Nope. Fresh install, nothing special. No dual monitors, no nothing.

[zasf]

I personally discourage running Xgl as primary xserver, since not stable at all. Morevore it's good to test it "the consolle way", see my howto http://battlehorse.homelinux.net/w/W...ge=HowToXglATI.

[MrRoboto]

here we are!

I got Xgl running after installing the latest ATI drivers.

Xgl starts fine, the problem is compiz:

compiz.real: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz.real: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz.real: No managable screens found on display :1.0

I own a 9200 Pro

solutions?

[DeeZiD]

@Mr. Roboto

You could try to recompile glitz from cvs.
The newest update contains some fixes for this bug


regards Dennis