[compiz] [ANNOUNCE] compiz-0.4.0

[David Reveman]

On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 19:47 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
> David Reveman wrote:
> 
> >Changes since 0.2.2:
> >
> >* Core
> >
> >        Some stencil buffer requirements have been removed.
> >
> >        Focus stealing prevention.
> >
> >        Fragment attribute interface that allow plugins
> >        to perform more advanced fragment shading effects while
> >        integrating properly with other plugins.
> >
> >        Use composite overlay window for output by default.
> >
> >        Add file notification API.
> >
> >        Support for multiple desktops.
> >
> >        Multi-head support.
> >
> >        Edge button option has been added to action options. It can
> >        be used to require a button press for edge actions to
> >        be triggered.
> >
> >
> >* New Plugins
> >
> >        Blur plugin:
> >
> >                Provides support for blurring windows and
> >                contents behind translucent windows.
> >
> >        Inotify plugin:
> >
> >                Implements file notification API using inotify.
> >
> >        Annotate plugin:
> >
> >                Simple plugin that allows you to draw lines, figures
> >                and text on top of all windows.
> >
> >        Clone plugin:
> >
> >                This plugin makes it possible to make one output
> >                show the same view of your desktop as another output
> >                in a very convenient way.
> >
> >
> >* GTK
> >
> >        Window menu icon support.
> >        Metacity theme support.
> >
> >
> >* KDE
> >
> >        KDE window decorator with support for shadows and opacity.
> >
> >
> >'git log compiz-0.2.2..compiz-0.4.0 | git-shortlog' can be used to get a
> >complete list of changes since 0.2.2 release.
> >
> >
> >Availability
> >
> >http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.4.0.tar.bz2
> >http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.4.0.tar.gz
> >
> >Git tag: compiz-0.4.0 (2f47eddce24303c64d278a86df07c278020acbca)
> >
> >MD5 Sums:
> >fc025bdfe04bd2bb0113741e4837a1e9  compiz-0.4.0.tar.gz
> >9d698798ae39a72142172c59b3b5be94  compiz-0.4.0.tar.bz2
> >
> >SHA1 Sums:
> >d0a5cf84bc5e814c7d564f9cffd8a137b5e95cc5  compiz-0.4.0.tar.gz
> >30da5066f164825b506c6005e5f36fd96c40dc01  compiz-0.4.0.tar.bz2
> >
> >- David
> >
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> >
> >  
> >
> Hello,
> 
> Neither compiz-0.4.0 or compiz-0.5.0 work on my asus laptop with an 
> intel 945gm.
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
> 
> X Window System Version 7.1.1
> Release Date: 12 May 2006
> 
> Fedora Core 6 - updated to latest
> 
> Beryl works.
> 
> compiz-0.4.0
> joker4:~/compiz-0.4.0
> $ compiz --replace
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
> 
> compiz-0.5.0
> 
> $ compiz --replace --indirect-rendering
> >>libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
> >>compiz: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not supported by indirect 
> >>rendering context, trying direct rendering context instead
> >>compiz: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
> >>compiz: Failed to manage screen: 0
> >>compiz: No manageable screens found on display :0
> >>
> >> 
> 
> $ LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace --indirect-rendering
> XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
>       after 135 requests (133 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> 
> joker4:~/compiz-0.5.0
> 
> I couldn't prior version of compiz to work either that is why I used beryl.
> 
> Ideas?

I'd like to help you but I'm afraid I don't know enough about Fedora
Core 6 to be of much help.

>From the error messages it seems like the X server is crashing. Is that
the case?

- David