[solved] Re: Compiz on 7.10 with ATI X1600

[Mischa Simon]

thx for your help... then I have to sit down, drink tea and wait....


Am Dienstag, den 23.10.2007, 12:18 +0200 schrieb ulrich:
> On 10/23/07, Mischa Simon <MSLK at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a prob with compiz on my laptop (ASUS A7J).
> > When I try to activate the visual effects all open windows disappear
> > shortly then they appear again and ubuntu is working for a short time
> > and then I get the message visual effects could not be enabled.
> >
> > No entry in the logs happen...
> >
> > Plz help me.
> >
> > Mischa
> >
> > My xorg.conf:
> [snip]
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "Standardgrafikkarte"
> >         Driver          "fglrx"
> >         BusID           "PCI:6:0:0"
> >         Option          "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Extensions"
> >         Option          "Composite"     "Enable"
> >
> > EndSection
> >
> 
> there you go.
> the current proprietary fglrx driver doesn't support AIGLX
> (Composite), so you can't enable desktop effects. AMD/ATI said they
> will release a new driver this month (fglrx 8.42) which will support
> AIGLX. so you'll have to wait until the release of 8.42.
> to install new ATI/NVidia drivers which are not in the repositories
> check out http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
> 
> hope this helps.
>