[Tfug] Update - Honeymoon over: Was: Wootness! Etch + KDE + Xgl + Compiz + NVIDIA working!

[Jude Nelson]

Make sure to file a bug report with Beryl about this so they can fix it :)

Jude Nelson

On 11/2/06, Chad Woolley <thewoolleyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, a full-disclosure update on this.
>
> This morning, I did a reboot, and my window decorators were flashing.
> Looked like Emerald was crashing and restarting constantly, from
> looking at the PIDs.  Also, xgl was hogging CPU, and some apps failed
> to open or took forever.  I had to restart X several times and switch
> emerald skins, and then the problems went away.
>
> Also, IntelliJ Idea mysteriously does not initially render the window
> contents under Beryl.  Dialogs work, and menus and stuff are there and
> clickable, but nothing but white for window contents.  If I switch to
> Gnome window manager, then back to Beryl, then everything magically
> shows up again.  Upgrading to latest version of Idea did not help.
>
> All in all, not too bad, considering it's bleeding edge stuff.  At
> least I worked around :)
>
> -- Chad
>
>
> On 10/27/06, Chad Woolley <thewoolleyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Me too, woohoo.  I've got Etch running Nvidia/Beryl/Emerald on dual
> > 24" flatscreen monitors with Twinview, at 1920x1200 on each monitor
> > (my company paid for the monitors, no way do I have that kind of
> > cash).  I also have Java, RealPlayer, and Flash running under Firefox
> > and Mozilla.  I also have video working for every type of real, mpeg,
> > windows media that I've thrown at it.  This took me about 2 days to
> > crank through (and most of that was figuring out that the linux nvidia
> > driver wouldn't show 1920x1200 over a DVI/VGA KVM cable, even though
> > windows would)
> >
> > It... Is.... Incredible.
> >
> > Beryl/Emerald isn't just eyecandy (although the eyecandy is stunning)
> > - it's got a lot of functional stuff packed in there.  Complete
> > comprehensive control over your hotkeys, desktop, window manager and
> > workspaces.
> >
> > I think that Ubuntu 6.10 Etch might just have been the historic
> > turning point where the Linux desktop finally became fully usable for
> > mere mortals who know enough to search and read the Ubuntu Wiki, and
> > follow instructions.  The extensive (and mostly accurate) howto's on
> > Ubuntu's site are what really make the difference.  Well, I didn't try
> > wireless, but I don't want to push my luck :)
> >
> > It's a happy day.
> >
> > -- Chad
> >
> > On 10/23/06, Jude Nelson <judecn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > For those of us who are suckers for eye-candy and have always wanted
> to run
> > > Compiz inside KDE on our Debian boxes, I have posted a mini-HOWTO on
> how to
> > > install the appropriate software. Here's the link:
> > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=494963
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > >
> > > Jude Nelson
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