Xgl & Compiz i386 rpm for FC5

aaccdd · #1 2006-05-13, 07:19 PM CDT

hi, guys.

Xgl & Compiz is a real eye-candy these days,

since there're no rpm packages for FC5 yet,

( actually, there are ?/were, rpms for FC5 test 3 on auroralinux.org website,

which unfortunately it's a place i cant visit from my place)

i made xgl-cvs and compiz-cvs rpms for FC5 myself .

the packages are for x86 only, 'cause i dont have a x86_64 box now,

i cant built x86_64 packages .

anyone who would like to give a go can download them from :

Download RPMS Here

the packages are built from cvs source:

Code:

xgl -cvs _20060503
compiz -cvs _20060512
Mesa -cvs _20060512
libsvg -cvs _20060512
libsvg-cairo -cvs _20060512
cairo -git _20060512
drm -cvs _20060512
glitz -cvs _20060512
glew -cvs _20060429
bugle -cvs _20060429

howto use them:

1 decompress the tarball:

Code:

tar xjvf xgl-compiz-fc5.i386.rpms.tar.bz2

2 run the xgl-settings script:

Code:

sh xgl-settings

xgl-settings will try to install and config fc5 for you, but i recommend you to read

the script before use it - you should know what it has done, in case something went wrong.

well good luck to you all.

PS: Remember, i built the rpms for test ONLY, dont expect them work, though i think they should do.

what a dump, i made a mistake in xgl-settings script which i have to correct.

ghaefb · #2 2006-05-14, 12:37 AM CDT

Thank you for doing this, I believe many people will thank you too

I didn't try your script and rpms yet, I don't know how, beacause I have Xgl compiled and installed from cvs source.

Question, you are using the official Compiz from cvs right ? You could include Quinn's Compiz too
http://compiz.net/viewtopic.php?id=40

d3viant · #3 2006-05-14, 04:08 AM CDT

ok, just installed the rpm files, which all goes fine. I can run xgl in nested windows no problem - the only thing I have found is that I cant get gdm going at all - when the X server tries to start with gdm, it fails, with an error message of "unrecognised option "vt7"" any ideas?

d3viant · #4 2006-05-14, 05:18 AM CDT

Ok, fixed - seems to be a bug with the ati drivers. The way to fix it is to change the screen in the gdm custom.conf file. where you assign the screen to the server, it needs to be 1 instead of 0. For ATI cards only that is.

P.S. Speed of animations is still a bit of an issue with ATI cards (minimising and maximising in particular seem to almost skip completely)

aaccdd · #5 2006-05-14, 08:35 AM CDT

hi d3viant, i'm glad to hear my package works on you box.

gheafb, i have built the lastest quinnsrc-compiz. i think it's 0.0.10-0ubuntu14. i have put my rpm packages on http://www.4shared.com, source rpms included. you guys can download them from:
RPMS and SRPMS

x86_64 users can download those source rpms and rebuild, then they should work on x86_64 box, i guess.

abciximab · #6 2006-05-14, 09:42 AM CDT

Hello!

Thanks for these packages, glx worls nicley. No problems at all installing it. I noticed a problem, I suppose it's a configuration issue. In kde I only have one workspace left. But actually I want to have 6 or maybe 8. Of course I tried kcontrolcenter but chaning the number there has no effect.

Any ideas/hints?

aaccdd · #7 2006-05-14, 09:16 PM CDT

hello abciximab,

can you rotate the cube ? ctrl + alt + left/right. i guess not. it seems cube plugin was not loaded correctly, if it was loaded, you should be able to rotate the cube, which has four sides - that is 4 'desktop' in some sense. load cube plugin manully by edit gconf key, add cube, rotate and zoom between minimize and scale:

Code:

gconftool-2 -s -t list --list-type=string /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins "[gconf,decoration,wobbly,fade,minimize,cube,rotate,zoom,scale,move,resize,place,switcher,trailfocus,bs]"

if you want more than 4 sides, just edit the gconf key manually:

Code:

gconftool-2 -s -t int /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/size "6"

or you may try gset-compiz, a gtk config tool for compiz, which i have built rpm package for fc5 and put in my sharefile folder.

d3viant · #8 2006-05-15, 02:49 PM CDT

One odd thing, the Xgl server gets killed when I press shift and backspace. Is this meant to happen? Is it possible to turn this shortcut off? I keep on pressing those 2 keys!

aaccdd · #9 2006-05-15, 06:24 PM CDT

yeah, it was the default keys to kill Xgl, i think, before Apr 30; you could use the later version Xgl. you could download it from my rpms and srpms, or you could try bylund's xgl repo, if you are more comfortable with yum. he hasn't include quinn storm's compiz, though, which you could find in my sharedfolder, i called it quinnsrc-compiz-xglrepo.

abciximab · #10 2006-05-16, 12:33 AM CDT

Hello!

Ok, ctrl + alt + left/right works. I didn't know this shortcut. But what I have to do in order to see the workspaces in the kde-desktop-switcher? In the past I had e.g. six little boxes in the taskbar, for each workspace one box. Now I configured a 6 side cube (which works with shortcut) but I can see just one box in kde taskbar!
Do you understand my question?

Any further hints?

d3viant · #11 2006-05-16, 01:35 AM CDT

As far as I'm aware, all you have to do is click the little arrow next to the virtual desktop grid in the taskbar and click configure. Change it from 1 desktop back to 6 again and all should work

johannlo · #12 2006-05-16, 04:38 AM CDT

maybe stupid question (bear with me teehee!): if I try it out and it bombs, how would I be reverting back to normal X?

Is it as simple as changing something in rc.local or something similar?

Or should I leave this alone until I attain linux guru status?

john.ennew · #13 2006-05-16, 05:29 AM CDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by d3viant

Ok, fixed - seems to be a bug with the ati drivers. The way to fix it is to change the screen in the gdm custom.conf file. where you assign the screen to the server, it needs to be 1 instead of 0. For ATI cards only that is.

P.S. Speed of animations is still a bit of an issue with ATI cards (minimising and maximising in particular seem to almost skip completely)

Hello d3viant,

Could you elaborate on how you fixed the

Code:

unrecognized option: vt7

error which appeared after the first reboot after running the xgl-settings script with an ATI 3D card?

I editied /etc/gdm/custom.conf but couldn't find a line which talked about assigning screens to the server.

I changed:

Code:

command=/usr/bin/Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer -audit 0 -fullscreen

To:

Code:

command=/usr/bin/Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer -audit 1 -fullscreen

and the problem remainded (Unrecognized option: vt7)
I then tried:

Code:

command=/usr/bin/Xgl :0 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer -audit 0 -fullscreen

And this time the error changed to (Unrecognized option: vt9)

Any help would be appriciated :)

Thanks,
John

d3viant · #14 2006-05-16, 10:26 AM CDT

Ok, what you have to do, is leave the command = /usr/bin/Xgl :1 and also above the command section, where it says "0=Standard" or Xgl, or whatever your server is named. That needs to be "1=Standard" instead.

ghaefb · #15 2006-05-18, 03:18 AM CDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by d3viant

One odd thing, the Xgl server gets killed when I press shift and backspace. Is this meant to happen? Is it possible to turn this shortcut off? I keep on pressing those 2 keys!

You can disable Shift + Backspace kill with this command

Code:

xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"