Talk:Compiz

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Followed the instructions to start compiz/xgl on my suse10.2 setup. The state of my machine before Compiz - Stable.

This is what I did to activate compiz.

1- /usr/local/bin/compiz.sh containing text "/usr/bin/compiz gconf & /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator &"

2- /opt/kde3/env/kdewm.sh containing text "export KDEWM=/usr/local/bin/compiz.sh"

3- In /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

   Changed DISPLAYMANAGER to "Xgl" 
   Changed DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER to "Xgl" 
   Changed DISPLAYMANAGER_XGL_OPT to "-accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo"

4- Added suggested entries to xorg.conf in the appropriate sections

         Option       "NoFlip"         "true"
         Option       "Composite"  "off"

5- Replaced original link /var/X11R6/bin/X -> /usr/bin/Xorg with /var/X11R6/bin/X -> /usr/bin/Xgl.

    (Two things were different from instructions. Xgl - cap X, not small x. And Xorg, Xgl are binaries in /usr/bin, not /var/X11R6/bin)

Restarted and compiz worked beautifully.

However, nvidia-settings returned ERROR: NV-CONTROL extension not found on this Display. ERROR: Unable to determine number of NVIDIA GPUs on ':0.0'. ERROR: Unable to determine number of NVIDIA Frame Lock Devices on ':0.0'. ERROR: Unable to determine number of NVIDIA VCSCs on ':0.0'.

For some reason, nvidia-settings and Compiz don't work together. This is a bit annoying, as nvidia-settings is needed for changing brightness, color saturation etc. Is there anyone that can help, who knows how to fix this?

I am using a GEFORCE 8800GTX single card with latest nvidia driver 1.9755, on an AMD Athlon64 5600+ dual core cpu. Running openSUSE 10.2. Original window manager - kwin from KDE.

Thank you for your help. Any tips much appreciated.