Problem getting Beryl Working on Feisty

[Kevin C. Smith]

P.S. ;)
It also looks like you are using composite, which has the 
desktop switching issue when using the cube. 
The "Desktop Effects" is for compsite. To start Beryl use
Application->System Tools->Beryl Manager.



On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 19:48 -0500, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> Try, if you haven't already:
> 
> sudo nvidia-xconfig --composite --allow-glx-with-composite
> --render-accel --add-argb-glx-visuals
> 
> Log out of gnome.
> Then Ctr+Alt+Backspace will restart X
> Log back in. Should work now.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 17:18 +0100, Ben Edwards wrote:
> > Have been using
> > http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Ubuntu_Feisty_with_nVidia
> > to try to get Beryl working, I have however previously installed the
> > 'Official' Ubuntu Beryl packages (not sure if this is relevant).  I
> > have installed the 'new' binary nVidia drivers and they seemed to work
> > (were in fact VERY fast).
> > 
> > Anyway if I forrloed the instructions, restarted gdm and when I turn
> > on the desktop affects in the Ubuntu (Preferences?) menu I get wobbly
> > windows (but the desktop switch is not working).  Thing is as soon as
> > I start the beryl-manager I seem to loose the windows manager (i.e. I
> > can see/use the windows but the theme has gone and I can move/resize
> > windows).
> > 
> > Any idea whats going on?
> > 
> > Ben
> > -- 
> > Ben Edwards - Bristol, UK
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> > http://www.gurtlush.org.uk/profiles.php?uid=4
> > (email address this email is sent from may be defunct)
> > 
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