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On Thursday 05 January 2006 06:13, Tom Martin wrote: |
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> On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:35:09 -0500 |
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> "Michael W. Holdeman" <lists@××××.org> wrote: |
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> > Do I need xcompmgr? I have a running ~x86 up to date system using |
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> > kde-3.5.0. I setup transparency using teh howto on teh wiki, and it |
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> > is really beautifull.. BUTT, totally unusable as it is soo slow and |
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> > crashes all the time. It crashes x. My system is Dell 8600, with an |
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> > nvidia 5200Go card. All drivers are up to date including teh |
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> > nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. |
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> For real transparency, yes, you need it. If you have enabled GLX and |
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> Composite at once, and run a GLX program, then X will crash. This is |
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> likely the cause of your problems. The difficulty is, for the moment, |
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> you have to sacrifice either GLX if you want to use Composite reliably. |
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Thanks, Will try today. |
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I am not really sure if I am running any progs that require glx? And for |
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another thing I read somewhare that OO-org 2 has a problem with |
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transparency.. |
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Also do I need xcompmgr or will kompmgr work? |
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Mike |
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