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T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 435

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Compiz Fusion

Hey There,

I have 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1) on my HP dv2000 series laptop computer. Compiz Fusion works slow on it. I prefer GNOME by the way.. Fire and especially all kinds of minimize, maximize effects are really slow.. And the effect when I press ALT-TAB is also too slow...

I thought that it would run lightening fast on this computer before I buy it..

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DaNiMoTh

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Registered: 2006-06-10

Posts: 260

Re: Compiz Fusion

I use Compiz as a speedy gonzales with an nVidia 4400.

So, you have problem with your configuration. Check the wiki for more information.
If you don't find anything, post here your configuration, we will see if us can help you.

T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 435

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Re: Compiz Fusion

By configuration, you mean xorg.conf ?

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "tr,de"
    Option "XkbVariant" ""
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier   "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver       "synaptics"
    Option        "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
    Option        "LeftEdge"              "120"
    Option        "RightEdge"             "830"
    Option        "TopEdge"               "120"
    Option        "BottomEdge"            "650"
    Option        "FingerLow"             "14"
    Option        "FingerHigh"            "15"
    Option        "MaxTapTime"            "180"
    Option        "MaxTapMove"            "110"
    Option        "EmulateMidButtonTime"  "75"
    Option        "VertScrollDelta"       "34"
    Option        "HorizScrollDelta"      "42"
    Option        "MinSpeed"              "0.9"
    Option        "MaxSpeed"              "1.2"
    Option        "AccelFactor"           "0.01"
    Option        "EdgeMotionMinSpeed"    "15"
    Option        "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed"    "15"
    Option        "UpDownScrolling"       "1"
    Option        "CircularScrolling"     "0"
    Option        "CircScrollDelta"       "0.1"
    Option        "CircScrollTrigger"     "0"
    Option        "SHMConfig"     "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    HorizSync    49.68
    VertRefresh  60
    # 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
    Modeline "1280x800_60.00"  83.46  1280 1344 1480 1680  800 801 804 828  -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "All"
    BoardName   "All"
    Option        "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Option "TwinView" "true"
    Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE" #S-VIDEO
    Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" #PAL-B
    Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1280x800, CRT-0: 1280x800" #; NULL, CRT-0: 1280x800"
    #Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 640x480,640x480; 512x384,512x384" #TV
    #Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0, CRT-0"
    Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" #LeftOf
    Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-90" #30-50
    Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60-60" #60
EndSection

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

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once

Member

From: Taiwan

Registered: 2006-09-12

Posts: 266

Re: Compiz Fusion

try this
# Load  "dri"

darkarchon

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From: Israel

Registered: 2007-02-28

Posts: 44

Re: Compiz Fusion

Since you have nvidia card, try running compiz with:
$ compiz --loose-binding --replace

Alternatively you can set "loose binding" via fusion icon in tray (in case you use fusion-icon package).
It helped a lot on my system (i have geforce 8800gts 640mb). According to some people it's some sort of bug
in nvidia drivers.