XGL disabling?

[Samuel Thurston, III]

On Jan 7, 2008 11:37 AM, David Vincent <dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca> wrote:
> Samuel Thurston, III wrote:
> >>> How can I get rid of XGL on gutsy? This is so far the worst addition
> >>> to the Ubuntu desktop I have seen... it has no practical purpose and
> >>> has effectively crippled my workstation.
> >>>
> >> $ touch ~/.config/xserver-xgl/disable
> >>
> >
> > Running this command yields a "No such file or directory", so I don't
> > know what to do... simply killing the Xgl process just kills my xorg
> > and when it restarts Xgl has returned with it.
>
> ahh.  see here, post #4:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3600201
>
> try this command first:
>
> mkdir ~/.config/xserver-xgl
>
> then run the touch command again.  then reboot.  XGL should be stopped.
>
Thanks, this worked perfectly, but it makes me wonder:  what other
useful features can only be manipulated though this rather obscure
configuration method?

I'm happy to report that 3D games are working great and there doesn't
seem to be anymore video or scrolling lag, which is really good since
I intend to start using cinelerra for editing video.