OT: solution for Beryl/Compiz on i945GM [try it]

Ganbold ganbold at micom.mng.net
Thu Jul 19 02:13:33 UTC 2007


Did you try emerald? If so is it working fine?
Because from time to time emarald crashes right now.
Anyway I will try these patches.

thanks

Ganbold


sebosik at demax.sk wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I`ve played with compiz (and beryl) last week to solve issue regarding to
> white window bug on intel 945GM graphics. I`ve found required patches,
> applied them against xorg-server sources (from ports collection) and
> VIOLA, everything works like a charm :-).
>
> What you need are some patches:
> 01-no-move-damage.patch
> 02-dont-backfill-bg-none.patch
> 05-offscreen-pixmaps.patch
> xorg-server-1.2.0-GLCore-track-visuals.patch
>
> download first three items from here:
>  http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/x11-base/xorg-server/files/
>
> GLcore patch location:
>  http://cvs.archlinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/x11/xorg-server/?cvsroot=Current&only_with_tag=CURRENT
>
> Cook recipe:
> 1, cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server
> 2, make extract && make patch
> 3, apply downloaded patches against sources of xorg
>   - cd work/xorg-server-1.2.0
>   - apply all patches with: patch -p0 < /directory/location/filename.patch
>
> 4, make install clean (on my lappie it took about 2 minutes)
> 5, set in your ~/.xinitrc variable on first line: LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
> 6, (as I`m KDE user) type "compiz gconf &" before startkde in .xinitrc
>
> My .xinitrc looks like this:
>
> ## COMPIZ: window manager + window decorations
> #
> LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
> compiz gconf &
> gtk-window-manager &
> sleep 0.5
>
> ## KDE: fire up desktop
> #
> startkde
>
>
> 5, enjoy the ride (-:
>
>
> Have a nice cubic day.
>
> ---
> Jan Sebosik, Slovakia
> sebosik at demax.sk
>
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>
>
>
>   


-- 
A homeowner's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a weekend for?


More information about the freebsd-x11 mailing list