[compiz] Will radeon or radeonhd work with compiz?

[David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.]

On Friday 08 May 2009 10:59:26 Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2009 08:25:49 -0500
>
> "David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E." <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> > Sam, Danny, J., all
> >
> > 	I am working with the radeon and radeonhd drivers seeing if I can get
> > them to work with compiz 0.8.2.1 on my radeon x1200 laptop. My xorg .conf
> > is:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >   BoardName    "RV350 NP"
> > #  Driver       "radeon"
> >   Driver       "radeonhd"
> >   Identifier   "Device[0]"
> >   VendorName   "ATI"
> > EndSection
> >
> > 	I have tried both the radeon and radeon hd driver with same results.
> > Upon Compiz start, the display behaves exactly like it is going to work.
> > The display goes blank, sequentially erasing and redrawing each window,
> > but then it never actually  starts. The windows are just left there with
> > no decor. You can sill provide in put to them, but you cannot move or
> > resize them. Issuing kwin --replace causes the reverse to happen (windows
> > destroyed, black screen, windows then redrawn with kde decor.
> >
> > 	Does anybody have and idea what's happening and how to fix it? Thanks.
>
> Assuming you have the Mesa 3D drivers installed and working properly,
> then yes, compiz will work just fine.
>
> What distribution is this, and how are you trying to start compiz?
> What's the output of 'glxinfo'?
>
> Adam
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Adam,

	I mesa is loaded, but I'm not sure what you mean by Mesa 3D. I just know it 
as Mesa. Here is what is loaded:

(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control

	Do I need something else?

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