[compiz] Will radeon or radeonhd work with compiz?

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

On Fri, 8 May 2009 23:09:55 -0500
"David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E." <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday 08 May 2009 10:59:26 Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> > 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
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> 
> 
> Adam,
> 
> 	I mesa is loaded, but I'm not sure what you mean by Mesa 3D. I just know it 
> as Mesa. Here is what is loaded:
> 
> (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
> (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
> 
> 	Do I need something else?

You still need to say what distribution you are using and how you are
trying to start compiz.

Adam