Desktop effects are not supported...

[lostowl]

Hi,

I posted a topic in this forum about ATI, Compiz and Desktop effects.

I don't know why it's so hard, but after a while, I found the solution
and it was easy. Try searching for posts by lostowl.

Go to OpenSuse.org and in the search just type "ati" (or nvidia"

At the time I wrote this, 1-click wasn't working, but if you follow the
instructions for what to do if it goes wrong, it works.

The summary is: for ATI:

1) Download and install the ATI driver.
2) Go to init 3
3) delete or move your xorg.conf file.
4) run sax2 -r -m 0=radeon
5) (if you have installed the driver from ATI) run aticonfig --initial
--input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
6) (assuming i didn't typo step 5) run sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
7) reboot

this worked perfectly for me after days of screwing around with an
X600.

For nvidia, I just did the 1-click on the opensuse help page. It worked
fine, but there is also a "the hard way" instructions that also work.

After I did these very simple steps, Desktop Effects worked perfectly.

The problem I have now is on my iMac G5, I can't download ATI PPC
drivers so I can't run the aticonfig to load the fglrx entries into
xorg.conf. Totally bumming.


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[richyf89]

lostowl;1914636 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I posted a topic in this forum about ATI, Compiz and Desktop effects.
>
> I don't know why it's so hard, but after a while, I found the solution
> and it was easy. Try searching for posts by lostowl.
>
> Go to OpenSuse.org and in the search just type "ati" (or nvidia"
>
> At the time I wrote this, 1-click wasn't working, but if you follow the
> instructions for what to do if it goes wrong, it works.
>
> The summary is: for ATI:
>
> 1) Download and install the ATI driver.
> 2) Go to init 3
> 3) delete or move your xorg.conf file.
> 4) run sax2 -r -m 0=radeon
> 5) (if you have installed the driver from ATI) run aticonfig --initial
> --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
> 6) (assuming i didn't typo step 5) run sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
> 7) reboot
>
> this worked perfectly for me after days of screwing around with an
> X600.
>
> For nvidia, I just did the 1-click on the opensuse help page. It worked
> fine, but there is also a "the hard way" instructions that also work.
>
> After I did these very simple steps, Desktop Effects worked perfectly.
>
> The problem I have now is on my iMac G5, I can't download ATI PPC
> drivers so I can't run the aticonfig to load the fglrx entries into
> xorg.conf. Totally bumming.

Thanks but this never worked. I did try two attempts, but it just
doesn't make a difference.. I followed your detailed instructions and
made sure I had the kernel-source installed. I even re-installed the ATI
drivers.


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[Cryovac]

At least with legacy nvidia drivers be sure to use:

Option "Composite" "Enable"

Instead of:

Option "Composite" "On"


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[lostowl]

I'm sorry to hear that. What type of graphics card do you have?

It does seem very frustrating that so many people are having trouble
with this. I wonder if it's something simple that a lot of people just
miss?

I can't get Compiz working on my MacIntosh G5 with Suse11.1. I can't
find a lot of tips out there for it, either.

Perhaps the reason it works on my ATI desktop is because the card is
relatively older and the drivers have been more thoroughly vetted.


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[rocketero2007]

Thanks for the comments here I could fix my desktop effect (compiz)

I opened my xorg.conf and there was a "sessions" and in there composite
was set to OFF, I changed it to ON and viola it was fixed after
rebooting.


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