XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

curana · 2006-11-14 19:49:56

Hi,
I know, Beryl is quite unstable, but seems it works for so many guys, why not for me?

I followed this instruction: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … hlight=xgl

I have a Radeon 9600 and get KDE to work with XGL actually, but when I try to configure Beryl, the manager is so damn slow. And also the speed in general is very slow and after a while it crashes completely.

I have a Centrino 1.5GHz. This is not enough for the cool effects??

Im using fglrx btw. This is important?
Sorry if I ask for stupid "unstable-support", but I really want to know if its a stability problem of the software or if I made a mistake in my configuration.

Thanks in advance...

EDIT: When I use XGL as a session on KDE-Startup, the screen is white only and my notebook crashes (mouse still works)

stonecrest · 2006-11-14 21:30:16

curana wrote:

I have a Centrino 1.5GHz. This is not enough for the cool effects??

It's very usable on my P3 1.2ghz machine. i830 card.

curana · 2006-11-14 21:37:57

Means its not a question of performance... Is there a log-file I could check? Does XGL/Beryl give output to messages.log?

delphinen · 2006-11-14 23:04:59

I recommend you to use Compiz instead of Beryl. http://go-compiz.org

stonecrest · 2006-11-14 23:24:01

You could check Xorg.0.log, for one. There's also ~/.beryl.log and ~/.beryl-managerrc

curana · 2006-11-15 18:15:41

I will just try to reinstall again with the use of the Beryl Wiki-entry. Maybe it works better.

But to be honest, Im a little annoyed

stonecrest · 2006-11-15 18:26:47

Beryl is in the unstable repo for a reason. If you don't find it to be stable, don't use it.

curana · 2006-11-15 18:28:44

I see, but somehow I need to find out if its a stability problem or a mis-configuration. But seems I dont understand the compiz/XGL-howto.

I need to try to find out.

avb · 2006-11-16 22:05:11

curana wrote:

EDIT: When I use XGL as a session on KDE-Startup, the screen is white only and my notebook crashes (mouse still works)

1. add new repository to your pacman.conf

[danimoth]
Server = http://jjdanimoth.altervista.org/arch/i686

2. install mesa-xgl-cvs package

3. add /opt/mesa-xgl-cvs/lib/ to /etc/ld.so.conf

4. rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*

Then start xgl session.

curana · 2006-11-17 14:00:04

I will try these settings and give a report.

Thanks for the hints.

curana · 2006-11-17 14:43:48

glxinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
kwin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
beryl: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Then I installed the mesa-package:

compiz: No GLXFBConfig for default depth, this isn't going to work.
compiz: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz: No manageable screens found on display :0

The window decorations are not visible.

curana · 2006-11-17 19:03:40

Ok, before I desperate:

I installed a complete new Arch System today.
I created a standard xorg.conf with hwd.

Which tutorial should I follow to get it running? The Wiki says my ATi Radeon 9600 should work.

I havent installed a ATi-driver yet. Neither the fglrx, nor the opensource driver.

Please help :-)

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#1 2006-11-14 19:49:56

XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#2 2006-11-14 21:30:16

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#3 2006-11-14 21:37:57

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#4 2006-11-14 23:04:59

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#5 2006-11-14 23:24:01

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#6 2006-11-15 18:15:41

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#7 2006-11-15 18:26:47

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#8 2006-11-15 18:28:44

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#9 2006-11-16 22:05:11

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#10 2006-11-17 14:00:04

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#11 2006-11-17 14:43:48

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

#12 2006-11-17 19:03:40

Re: XGL/Beryl - Damn slow and unstable

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