So I’m pretty new to openSUSE. Been using it for maybe a week now, and I have to say although it took some getting used to, I’m really diggin’ it so far.
The one problem I’ve ran into so far that I can’t seem to fix myself is one with KWin. I’m trying to enable desktop effects so I can do all the cool cube, wobbly windows etc etc. However, when I go into Apps > Utils > Desktop >
And then look for KWin, it doesn’t appear there. But in YaST, it says that KWin is installed, and I did an upgrade of it just to make sure.
Also, when I go into “Configure Desktop” and try to enable the features there, everything is grayed out and I don’t have the ability to change any of the settings. If it helps, the bottom of that window says
“Compositing is not supported on your system
Required X extensions (Xcomposite and XDamage) are not available”
Does this mean I have to install those two things to get it to work?
First hurdle has been taken: you’re enjoying linux/openSUSE.
Now, to help you out, we need some more info:
What’s the videocard in your system ? It needs to be capable of doing the desktop effects, AND probably needs a driver to be installed and configured. Don’t get scared, millions have done that to enjoy the eye-candy provided by the linux desktops.
If a proper driver has been installed, the config file for the graphical desktop, /etc/X11/xorg.conf, will contain a part that enabled the compositing for your system:
I’m currently using a Gforce 8800GT. I just installed a new driver earlier today via a 1 click download, which then DLed the new driver and installed it via YaST.
At one point this morning I did have KWin and Compiz on my computer. But I read that KWin can do all the things (pretty much) that compiz can, so I deleted compiz and KWin seems to have gone with it (except for the fact that YaST still says I have it).
I checked the etc/x11/xorg.conf and my file looks just like what you said it should.