[compiz] Will radeon or radeonhd work with compiz?

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

On Fri, 8 May 2009 08:25:49 -0500
"David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E." <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> Sam, Danny, J., all
> 
> 	I am working with the radeon and radeonhd drivers seeing if I can get them to 
> work with compiz 0.8.2.1 on my radeon x1200 laptop. My xorg .conf is:
> 
> Section "Device"
>   BoardName    "RV350 NP"
> #  Driver       "radeon"
>   Driver       "radeonhd"
>   Identifier   "Device[0]"
>   VendorName   "ATI"
> EndSection
> 
> 	I have tried both the radeon and radeon hd driver with same results. Upon 
> Compiz start, the display behaves exactly like it is going to work. The 
> display goes blank, sequentially erasing and redrawing each window, but then 
> it never actually  starts. The windows are just left there with no decor. You 
> can sill provide in put to them, but you cannot move or resize them. Issuing 
> kwin --replace causes the reverse to happen (windows destroyed, black screen, 
> windows then redrawn with kde decor.
> 
> 	Does anybody have and idea what's happening and how to fix it? Thanks.

Assuming you have the Mesa 3D drivers installed and working properly,
then yes, compiz will work just fine.

What distribution is this, and how are you trying to start compiz?
What's the output of 'glxinfo'?

Adam