aixgl +i915

Jool · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

Hi all guys

Since i have already get to work XGL under gentoo (on my main system with X1800XT), i decided to try it on my laptop.
I read on the forums that XGL is too much for my i915 chipset, so i tried installing aixgl following the how-to (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_AIGLX) in the wiki.
The gentoo system was built from scratch.
I emerged all the necessary packages, but when i try to run /usr/bin/compizrc all my windows borders disappear.
If i hit control+c in the console where i run compizrc the program exit with this error:

Sachankara · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: Re: aixgl +i915

The script at the gentoo-wiki is incorrect. You'll have to change it to something like this:

Jool · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

Hi,

i tried your script (my window manager is kwin) but i get the same results, no windows borders and locked up X.
I also tried commenting out the line "unset XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS" but it's the same.
I switched to metacity using "metacity --replace", modified the script to kill metacity but nothing changed.
I read that many users succesfully run aixgl with i915... what am i missing?

thanks for the help

Sachankara · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject:

Well, try using alt+tab or something. I had problems with the window borders myself at first, but all of a sudden when I was playing around, it started working. You could also try running gnome-window-decorator in another console if alt+tab works.
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albright · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:22 am Post subject:

aiglx **used** to work fine for me (using Hanno's overlay)
but somewhere along the line gnome-window-decorator
stopped working. Everything else is fine; compiz runs and
all the plugins work (except for water). It's stable and fast
but I wish the window decorations would come back.
(This is a fujitsu p7010 ...)

I'd be interested if your problem is just with the window
decorator. What happens if you step through the script
commands in a terminal. For me, kwin dies gracefully, taking
the window decorations with it. Then compiz starts and gives two
warnings: one about the "stencil buffer" (whatever that is) and
one about some problem with the water plugin.

Then I try gnome-window-decorator and just nothing happens.
I can drag windows with alt and grab (and they wobble) and the
cube works and etc ...

good luck, anyway

Jool · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

This is the script i tried as suggested by Sachankara:

Sachankara · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:35 pm Post subject:

Jool · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

ok, i managed to get it to work, i updated the overlay and recompiled mesa and compiz, now it is working, But i thought it would be faster, it's pretty damn slow...
Any tweaks for that?

thanks to all of you guys

Sachankara · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject:

Jool · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

Already done...
i think that i915 is a very shitty card especially in 3d so this is the best i can achieve with this system...
Is there a configuration utility like gset-compiz for aixgl? how can i emerge it?

I have xgl running on my main machine with an ati card (X1800XT) and it's very fast and stable...

Sachankara · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject:

Jool · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

Is there a configuration utility like gset-compiz for aixgl?

Vadatajs · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject:

Sachankara · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: