New user wants to see xgl effects

[mike_bike_kite]

I've just installed Mandriva (2009.1 KDE4) on my PC but don't see the xgl/compiz effects ie "wobbly windows" etc. How do I turn these things on ?

I'm ok at shell programming but will need simple advice when it comes to linux administration stuff.

The spec for the PC is:

• Gigabyte EP35
• Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
• Saphire Radeon HD4850
• SATA HD
• Bog standard DVD optical drive

Cheers

Mike

[MikeTbob]

Make sure you have GLX enabled.

glxinfo |grep direct

Then open systemsettings from the command line, not as root. Click on Desktop>Enable Desktop Effects

[mike_bike_kite]

From the Konsole it returned the following:
direct rendering: Yes

I tried typing opensystem at the Konsole

But got the warning "Compositing is not supported on your system.
Required X extensions (XComposite and XDamage) are not available"

when trying to configure your computer > hardware > configure graphics > compiz & xgl
I also had the warning "no package named x11-server-xgl "

Not sure how to include this. The graphics card is quite flash and should be able to handle any of this stuff.

Does any of the above help ?

I'm getting very good now at building a Madriva OS on a PC - this is the 5th time I've done it and I can get it down to 20mins now! Sadly the last little bit of turning on the XGL Compiz stuff is eluding me

Mike

[MikeTbob]

Look in your package manager to see if you can locate x11-server-xgl and install it.

[ongte]

First of all, nobody uses XGL for compiz anymore. Everyone uses AIGLX.

ATI has horrible linux support. The free ATI driver for xorg often cannot support 'Composite' required by AIGLX & compiz. You might solve this by installing the alternative 'non-free' driver fglrx.

Looking at your error, it might be your software sources are not yet updated.
configure your computer > software management > configure media sources...

You can find out if it's possible to install fglrx like this:
configure your computer > hardware > configure graphics > setup graphical server > click graphics card > click ok to accept the default. At this point, if a non-free alternative driver exists, it will prompt if you want to use it. Once you say yes, it will download & install it. After which just reboot & you now should be able to enable compiz with aiglx.