desktop effects: XGL or AIGLX? compiz or beryl?...

[Michael R. Head]

On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 23:09 +0100, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> On 2/17/07, Michael Gustafson <michaelrpg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are you using the non-free binary drivers from ATI? I couldn't get them to
> > work with AIGLX, and I read online that they don't work.  I assumed this was
> > for all ATI cards.
> 
> Maybe this can help:
> 
> http://felipe-alfaro.org/blog/2006/09/06/ubuntu-edgy-ati-fglrx-dri-3d-acceleration-and-xorg-composite-extension/

It helps in that it confirms Michael's suspicions. FGLRX drivers simply
don't support Composite and won't work with AIGLX. For the time being,
Xgl is the only option for beryl/compiz on recent ATI cards.

If the opensource radeon drivers support your card, you're in luck (as I
am), because they will work just fine with AIGLX and Composite. Indeed,
my 5 year old laptop performs quite well with beryl's fancy effects on
its 16MB radeon 7500 mobility.

> > The beryl website says "Please note: ATI Cards : Depending on your card you
> > may find that you can use the ati/radeon driver with AIGLX. If you
> > experience problems then you may need to use Xgl with the fglrx Driver.".
> >
> > I guess it's just some cards that don't work. I have a x800
> >
> > On 2/17/07, Ouattara Oumar Aziz <wattazoum at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Michael Gustafson a écrit :
> > > > I believe AIGLX is included by default, so it is the more standard
> > > > choice. The ATI drivers (fglrx) don't with AIGLX, so I am forced to use
> > > > XGL.
> > > >
> > > that's weird, I have an ATI radeon and I use AIGLX on Edgy.
> > >
> > >
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