[compiz] Dual-screen compiz mostly working

[Travis Watkins]

On 8/1/07, Mick Semb Wever <mick at wever.org> wrote:
> I have dual-screen compiz-fusion finally working on my ATI Radeon
> Mobility X600.
> AIGLX was the way to go using MergedFB.
>
> gentoo linux-2.6.22
> x11-base/xorg-server-1.2.0-r3
> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2
> media-libs/mesa-6.5.2-r1
> x11-wm/compiz-9999
> x11-wm/compiz-fusion-9999
>
>
> But a number of remaining issues:
>
>  - my second screen doesn't render properly. Compiz events cause it to
> redraw but application events do not cause a redraw!
> This is a showstopper for me so i'm still using metacity when in dual-
> screen setup.
> I tried all sorts of tweaks onto my xorg.conf but nothing seemed to work.
> I thought it was maybe DynamicClocks but turning it to "off" didn't help.
> Do any of the compiz gurus know what might be at fault here or what i
> might do to provide better information on the bug?
>
>  - my screens must be vertically positioned. Compiz doesn't render the
> full width when the screens are side by side. Even when vertically
> position i cannot have the second screen at 1600x1400 for the same reason.
> Is this a limitation of compiz? Are there plans to fix/improve it?
>
>  - my nautilus background (& desktop icons) disappear replaced with the
> partially transparent cube. I haven't quite pinned down what causes this
> but it does very rarely also occur on single-screen setup. Opening more
> applications seems to aggravate it occurring, and so does the Reflection
> plugin.
>
>  - my fonts are not nearly as clean and crisp under compiz as they are
> under metacity. It's like the fonts are thick and fuzzy under compiz.
> (I'm sure there's a correct terminology for that but i'm no expert).
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> ~mck
>
>

Most of these problems are all the same problem, from the look of it.
Your screen resolution is higher than your video card's maximum
texture size. This is simply a hardware limitation. Compiz could do a
workaround for it but it'd be slow.

-- 
Travis Watkins
http://www.realistanew.com