beryl problems

Adam K Kirchhoff adamk at voicenet.com
Fri Feb 9 14:06:53 UTC 2007


On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 14:56 +0100, Csaba Molnar wrote:
> > Sure, beryl can be run through the XGL server, but I didn't think XGL
> > was currently available on FreeBSD.  It's certainly not in the ports
> > tree.
> >
> > Adam
> 
> 
> I think it is part of xorg now (was separate in xorg 7.1.x). It shows up in 
> beryl manager (Advanced Beryl options -> Rendering platform - Force XGL) and 
> it seems to work (I can switch to force xgl from automatic or force-nvidia). 
> I think compiz (which is available in ports) only supports xgl btw.
> 
> 

compiz, just like beryl, requires GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap.  It can,
theoretically, work with any GL drivers that provide that extension,
including the XGL server, the open source drivers with AIGLX, and the
closed source nVidia drivers (with, or without, direct rendering). 

As for XGL.  Even if it is part of xorg now, it's still not in the ports
tree.  xorg-server does not provide it and, as of earlier this week,
there was no separate port for it.  In fact, 'locate -i xgl' on my
system turns up nothing.

Adam




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