[CoLoCo] Video Drivers Clarification

[David Overcash]

Heads up guys...

The newest ATI Driver from AMD now supports AIGLX and works FANTASTIC with
compiz!  It will not be in the official gutsy repositories, but you should
definitely consider looking for a repo to upgrade with.

Cheers,
David

On 10/26/07, Dave Vanderploeg <dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, the FOSS driver runs compiz, but not very well. Is there anyone here
> who's good at setting up ATI cards for Compiz, or does it make sense to just
> buy an Nvidia card?
>
> Dave.
>
> On 10/26/07, Ryan Maki <ryan.maki at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yep, the radeon driver will disable the Composite extension in
> > xorg.conf. You'll have to do some config hacking to get XGL working,
> > and I never had a good experience with compiz and XGL. If you like eye
> > candy and it's running fine, you should just leave the FOSS driver,
> > IMHO.
> >
> > ~Ryan
> >
> > On Oct 26, 2007, at 3:11 PM, "Dave Vanderploeg" <
> > dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > So I just want to make sure my understanding is correct. I just did
> > > a fresh install of Gutsy, and Compiz is working. If I install the
> > > ATI drivers trough the "Restricted Driver Manager" I'll lose Compiz,
> > > right?
> > >
> > > Dave.
> > >
> > > (FYI, if it matters my video card is a 9600xt)
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