[compiz] Running Compiz in XGL

[Pierpaolo Follia]

To disable XGL without removing the package, you can do:

touch ~/.config/xserver-xgl/disable

Bye

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:07 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/4/30 Joel Bosveld <joel.bosveld at gmail.com>:
>
> > You don't need to do anything to enable aiglx, just removing xgl should
>  > work. "sudo apt-get remove xserver-xgl", though in ubuntu you can create an
>  > extra file, and it will just not start xgl, which will have the same effect
>  > (I am just not sure which file that is). Also, compiz won't work with that
>  > card and the open drivers, so you will have to use fglrx. (just uninstall
>  > xgl and see if the performance increases)
>  >
>  > Joel
>  > .
>
>  Thank you very much, Joel. Removing xgl has made the machine very,
>  very responsive. I'm still using Compiz and the fglrx driver. I'll
>  file a bug at Ubuntu suggesting that they disable xgl in these
>  configurations. Thanks!
>
>
>
>  Dotan Cohen
>
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