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zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

Posts: 117

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(aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

System:

2.6.18-ARCH
Nvidia GF5600
Nvidia beta drivers
TwinView 2560*1024
KDE

trying:
xgl - falling down with various errors

aiglx - works! but can't get beryl to start.
maximum effect - beryl seems work but no windows decorations.

StormBlast

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From: Moscow, Russia

Registered: 2006-02-02

Posts: 33

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Re: (aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

For me Beryl/Emerald/TwinView works but only in Clone mode, not RightOf and so on.
Using AIGLX and Xfce4.

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zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

Posts: 117

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Re: (aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

For me Beryl/Emerald/TwinView works but only in Clone mode, not RightOf and so on.
Using AIGLX and Xfce4.

xorg.conf pleeease

test1000

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Registered: 2005-04-03

Posts: 834

Re: (aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

rightof works for me. There's nothing special with my xorg.conf.

Section "ServerLayout"

#   Screen        "Screen0" leftOf "Screen1"
#   Screen      0 "Screen0" rightOf "Screen1"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
#    Option         "AIGLX" "true"
#   Option "Xinerama" "True"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

#   Option        "Protocol" "auto"
#   Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection         

Section "InputDevice"

#   Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
#   Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "no"
EndSection         

Section "Monitor"

#   Option        "DPMS" "True"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 86.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
EndSection

Section "Device"

   Option        "NoLogo" "True"
#   BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
#   Option        "DPI" "96 x 96"
#   Option        "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" "True"
#   Option        "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, CRT-1"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option              "DamageEvents" "True"
#    Option "OverlayDefaultVisual" "True"
#    Option "CIOverlay" "True"
    Option              "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
#    Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
#    Option         "DRI" "true"
    Option         "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 30.0-86.0; CRT-1: 30-110"
    Option         "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 50-150; CRT-1: 50-150"
    Option         "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
#   Option        "UseEdidDpi" "True"
    Option         "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-110"
    Option         "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-150"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
#    Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
    Option         "TwinView" "True"
    Option         "MetaModes" "1280x960_85, 1280x960_85; 1600x1200, 1600x1200; 1280x1024, NULL; 1024x768, NULL; 800x600, NULL; 640x480, NULL; 640x400, NULL; 320x240, NULL; 320x200;"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" "320x200"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x960" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" "320x200"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"

#           Modes "2560x960" #"1280x960" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" "320x200"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"

#           Modes "2560x960" #"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" "320x200"
        Depth       32
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

this is what i'm running beryl on.

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dingus

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From: London

Registered: 2006-02-02

Posts: 18

Re: (aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

Works for me too.

Are you launching Beryl with dbus?
Try something like: dbus-launch beryl-manager

zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

Posts: 117

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Re: (aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

versions:

beryl-core-svn 277-1
beryl-manager-svn 273-1
beryl-plugins-svn 276-1
beryl-settings-svn 274-1
emerald-svn 202-1
emerald-themes-svn 289-1

from brain0 repos?

how do you start it?
script from wiki for kde?

iggy

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From: Germany, L.E. - Leipzig

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 367

Re: (aiglx|xgl)+beryl+TwinView. anyone?

i am also interested how do you start xgl, beryl and kde!

i have an ati-card.

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