Compiz + FreeBSD8.1 + ATI + White Screen

[Warren Block]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2011, Ki-Hyoun Kim wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I have tried to install Compiz on my T60 with ATI Graphic Card. glxinfo | 
> grep -i render gives me
>
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 (RV515 7149) 20090101 x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL
>
> 3D Acceleration seems to work. I have installed the port mesa-demos, and the 
> programm "gloss" works
> very well.
>
> Now, if I try to run Compiz, I do the following commands:
>
> export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
> compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp &
>
> Then, I get a white screen, but Mouse Pointer is still there. It seems, that 
> the Compiz Plugin "zoom" works.
>
> I tried to reinstall libGL, xorg-server, dri, but all the same.

Here's how it worked for me:

   LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace --indirect-rendering ccp &

Haven't tried it with the new xorg.