[compiz] Running Compiz in XGL

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/4/30 Joel Bosveld <joel.bosveld at gmail.com>:
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> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a Dell Inspiron with the ATI x1400 video card. In Ubuntu 7.04 I
> > ran Compiz-Fusion in XGL with the fglrx drivers and the system was
> > very responsive. I noticed no performance penalties at all. In Ubuntu
> > 8.04 I am running Compiz natively with the current fglrx drivers, and
> > the system is sluggish. Disabling Compiz makes the system very
> > responsive. So I am interested in running Compiz in XGL like I had in
> > 7.04. Is this advised? Are there and disadvantages? I specifically
> > need the Enhanced Zoom Desktop and Negativity plugins. Thanks in
> > advance.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> >
> >
> The latest fglrx supports aiglx, and the xgl performance is not as good
> (from what I've heard). So disabling xgl will probably work (although the
> performance may not be as good as xgl in 7.04), either that or you will need
> to rollback to an older driver and use xgl.
>
> Joel
>

Thanks, Joel. I think that I'm not understanding correctly. You are
suggesting that I disable xgl, however, so far as I understand it is
not enabled now at all. Er, what is aiglx? I just read the wikipedia
article, and it all went over my head. Aiglx replaces the fglrx
driver? Replaces XGL? Another layer in between? Sorry for the
ignorance, us ME majors are not so bright in things CS :)

Thinking more practically, how can I enable XGL on Kubuntu 8.04 to
test if that is better? Thanks.

Dotan Cohen

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