[compiz] [feature request] fglrx without Xgl works with copy method in beryl

Vladimir bobahu4 at mail.ru
Thu Jun 28 06:51:34 PDT 2007


Latest amd/ati drivers (8.37|8.38) supports composite with dri.
So, after patching beryl (cause he can work without tfp) to make it use direct rendering on "aiglx method" and removed check for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, which fails. - I was able to run beryl on fglrx WITHOUT Xgl.
Only bug with windows drawing exists(as noticed in latest known issues for ati drives), more about this bug - http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725
So developers, pleeease, add --use-copy method to compiz, even not to git, at least as a patch. So after amd/ati will fix bug with composite (I so hope) we will be able to get compiz/beryl without Xgl.(inderect rendering will be still software).
few screenshots
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/909/fglrxkm4.jpg 

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9746/screenshot4oi7.png


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