SUSE Linux 10.1 Officially runs Xgl!
OK! I found the problem. I had no window borders, etc. Every single other aspect of Xgl was working, except that none of the plugins were installed. All I had to do was run gconf-editor at a terminal window. Then, I had to go to apps > compiz > general > allscreens > options > active_plugins and add each of the plugins I needed, starting with the decoration plugin which was not installed by default. Evidently, when you log into X the first time, compiz initializes and doesn’t load any plugins. However, if you follow the tutorial, you’ll see that I explicitly tell compiz to load all the plugins. So, the first time you log in, you expect that they won’t work, but the second time they should take effect, right? Well, not in my case. I had to go put in all the plugins manually inside gconf-editor. The list of plugins are as follows:
gconf, gconf-dump, miniwin, decoration, transset, wobbly, fade, minimize, cube, rotate, zoom, scale, move, resize, place, switcher, trailfocus, water
So, for anyone who doesn’t seem to have their plugins working, but you can see that Xgl is loading when you log into a session, this might be the fix for you.
I’ve also updated my “Quick Xgl Tutorial” herein to reflect these issues, so you can still use it and get Xgl working just fine.
In other news, I did get a submission for the logo contest. Thanks Tony! Here’s what he sent in:
For people asking about ATI, I do have an older laptop w/an integrated ATI board. So, I’ll take that home and beat on it this weekend. If I find out anything interesting, you’ll be the first to know. It looks like ATI has released new drivers. Hopefully, this will help with the Xgl quest.
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April 14th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
yeah!!!!:-)
i got it
thank you !thank you very much!
April 14th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
How about the ATI stuff? Did I hear they were doing work to get it into SUSE Linux 10.1?
April 14th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Joe,
Great!!! Glad to hear it. Have fun with Xgl!
Gabriel,
Some of the ATI boards work. More info: http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl
April 14th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
I have an ATI Radeon LY (7500) and even though the My Computer says “(No 3D Support) it works fine. I am using SuSE 10.1 RC1 and in a Laptop 5 years old with no issues!!
They’ll add all the supported boards to the ‘white list’ (/etc/X11/xgl-cards-white-list) when production is released.
Also, there’s a new ATI driver (8.24.8) release on 4/12 here:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=300
Good Luck.
May 15th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
I have the exact same issue but with KDE 3.5.1
What can be done in KDE to enable all the plugins?
Cheers
Stefano
September 28th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Hmm…I ran into the no windows border problem on my initial install. Problem was resolved by backstepping to an older compiz (and xgl-hardware) as opposed to the latest and greatest of those items on this fine day in September. So I imagine the version of compiz must be concurrent with the latest Gnome stuff as well.