KDE 4.1 vs. ATI Catalyst 9.6

My kernel: openSUSE 11.1 32bit 2.6.27.25-0.1-pae
My Video: ATI HD3450 with driver 2.1.8673 (Catalyst 9.6)

I use KDE 4.1 and use two monitors. When I set xinerama, I can no longer use the Desktop Effects. Everything is grayed out, and I just get this message:

Compositing is not supported in your system
Required X extensions (XCompsite and XDamage) are not available.

Also, in the Catalyst Control Center, I can move the monitors to switch positions, but when I restart the pc, they always come back to the same position.

I tried installing the latest ATI driver (9.7) but it works even worst. I can’t move windows from one screen to another.

I also tried installing the driver from the repository, but all I get is a black screen, when tries to load the graphics.

Anybody nows how to make ATI Catalyst driver work with KDE Desktop Effects?
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:36:01 GMT, cepiolidus
<cepiolidus@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>My kernel: openSUSE 11.1 32bit 2.6.27.25-0.1-pae
>My Video: ATI HD3450 with driver 2.1.8673 (Catalyst 9.6)
>
>I use KDE 4.1 and use two monitors. When I set xinerama, I can no
>longer use the Desktop Effects. Everything is grayed out, and I just get
>this message:
>
>Compositing is not supported in your system
>Required X extensions (XCompsite and XDamage) are not available.
>
>Also, in the Catalyst Control Center, I can move the monitors to switch
>positions, but when I restart the pc, they always come back to the same
>position.
>
>I tried installing the latest ATI driver (9.7) but it works even worst.
>I can’t move windows from one screen to another.
>
>I also tried installing the driver from the repository, but all I get
>is a black screen, when tries to load the graphics.
>
>Anybody nows how to make ATI Catalyst driver work with KDE Desktop
>Effects?
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You might try KDE 4.2.4, i hear it works better.