Xorg 1.1.1 + Mesa 6.5.2 = White screens with i810 driver and beryl/compiz

Adam K Kirchhoff adamk at voicenet.com
Mon Jan 8 09:37:57 PST 2007


On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 17:30 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> > Yes, I had the problem with Xorg 7.1.1 and Mesa from git.  I upgraded
> > Xorg to git HEAD and still had the problem.  I applied those patches,
> > and beryl/compiz started working fine (on an X800 XL, an X700 Pro, and a
> > r100 Mobility).
> 
> Hmm, interesting. Sounds like it could be related. The patchs show a
> clear error from compiz and beryl if they are not applied so that should
> be a clear indication of what's wrong.
> 
> I'm not convinced that git heads of both will work, but it's defo worth
> a try judging by your tests.
> 
> I presume that you are using the o/s driver not the ATI one?

Correct.  The ATI drivers don't support AIGLX or the necessary
extensions.

Adam





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